Abstract:In this paper I explored three well-known cases that seem to cast doubt on the notion that a speaker is always at the place of the utterance when the utterance occurs. I gave a few examples produced in Second Life environment, which cannot be handled correctly by evaluating the expression at issue with respect to the traditional view, i.e., the kaplanian framework-where the agent and the utterer will always be identical, and the referent of "I" will always be the utterer. The same happens to "here" and "now"; … Show more
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