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Game theory and linguistic meaning /

This is the first book to collect research on game-theoretic tools in the analysis of language with particular reference to semantics and pragmatics. Games are significant, because they pertain equally to pragmatics and semantics of natural language. The book provides an overview of the variety of w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2007.
Colección:Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; v. 18.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 An Invitation to Language and Games; Chapter 2 Language Games, A Foundation for Semantics and Ontology; Chapter 3 Counterfeiting Truth: Statistical Reporting on the Basis of Trust; Chapter 4 From Signals to Symbols: Grounding Language Origins in Communication Games; Chapter 5 Evolutionary Games and Social Conventions; Chapter 6 Evolutionary Models of Language; Chapter 7 Game Dynamics Connects Semantics and Pragmatics; Chapter 8 Building Game-Theoretic Models of Conversations.