...of their utterances, and each assuming the role of sender and receiver in turn (cf. 2.2, 3.1, 3.2). There is much in the structure of languages that can...they are produced in a non-canonical situation : if they are written rather than spoken and dissociated from the prosodic and paralinguistic features which...

...paralinguistic features of their utterances, and each assuming the role of sender and receiver in turn ... There is much in the structure of languages that can...interaction. This is clearly so as far as deixis is concerned.4 Further, it is generally (but not invariably) true that deixis is organized in an egocentric...

...Many, if not most linguists, would admit the points I am making. For example, Lyons (1977: 637) writes: 'There is much in the structure of languages that...developed for communication in face-to-face interaction.' However, not all linguists see the need to take the implications of this observation seriously. Lyons...

...In sum, I assume that language is designed for communication, or as Lyons (1977a: 638) states, that 'there is much in the structure of languages that...developed for communication in face-to-face interaction'. 1.3 Properties of discourse I now discuss several properties of discourse: discourse forms structures...

...from such a base' (Fillmore 1981: 165). And from a diachronic perspective, Lyons (1977: 638) states, 'there is much in the structure of languages that...developed for communication in face-to-face interaction.' For example, the communicative processes underlying conversation have been shown to guide the emergence...

...and each assuming the role of sender and receiver in turn. As Lyons (1977: 638) goes on to point out: Many utterances which would be readily interpretable...they are produced in a non-canonical situation: if they are written rather than spoken and dissociated from the prosodic and paralinguistic features which...