?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Language+as+literature%3A+Characters+in+everyday+spoken+discourse&rft.creator=Sandler%2C+Dr.+Sergeiy&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.description=There+are+several+linguistic+phenomena+that%2C+when+examined+closely%2C+give+evidence+that+people+speak+through+characters%2C+much+like+authors+of+literary+works+do%2C+in+everyday+discourse.+However%2C+most+approaches+in+linguistics+and+in+the+philosophy+of+language+leave+little+theoretical+room+for+the+appearance+of+characters+in+discourse.+In+particular%2C+there+is+no+linguistic+criterion+found+to+date%2C+which+can+mark+precisely+what+stretch+of+discourse+within+an+utterance+belongs+to+a+character%2C+and+to+which+character.+And+yet%2C+without+at+least+tentatively+marking+the+division+of+labor+between+the+different+characters+in+an+utterance%2C+it+is+absolutely+impossible+to+arrive+at+an+acceptable+interpretation+of+it.+As+an+alternative%2C+I+propose+to+take+character+use+seriously%2C+as+an+essential+feature+of+discourse+in+general%2C+a+feature+speakers+and+listeners+actively+seek+out+in+utterances.+I+offer+a+simple+typology+of+actions+in+discourse+that+draws+on+this+understanding%2C+and+demonstrate+its+usefulness+for+the+analysis+of+a+conversation+transcript.&rft.date=2012-04-04&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8194%2F1%2FLanguage%2520as%2520literature%2520-%2520paper%2520version.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sandler%2C+Dr.+Sergeiy++(2012)+Language+as+literature%3A+Characters+in+everyday+spoken+discourse.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8194%2F