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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
Autor principal: Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Emerald Group Pub., 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Game Theory and Linguistic Meaning; Copyright Page; 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 ConversationsChapter 9 Situations and Solution Concepts in Game-Theoretic Approaches to Pragmatics; Chapter 10 An Introduction to Equilibrium Semantics for Natural Language; Chapter 11 Rule Ordering: A Look at Quantifier Scope and Coordination in GTS; Chapter 12 Two Notions of Scope; Chapter 13 Semantic Games and Generalised Quantifiers; Chapter 14 Games, Quantifiers and Pronouns; Chapter 15 The Semantics/Pragmatics Distin.