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In this work, Prashant Parikh offers a new account of meaning for natural language. He argues that equilibrium, or balance among multiple interacting forces, is a key attribute of language and meaning and shows how to derive the meaning of an utterance from first principles by modelling it as a syst...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parikh, Prashant
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Pragmatics.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Game-theoretical semantics.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Pragmatique.
Syntaxe.
Sémantique de la théorie des jeux.
Sémantique (Philosophie)
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Semantics.
Game-theoretical semantics
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Pragmatics
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this work, Prashant Parikh offers a new account of meaning for natural language. He argues that equilibrium, or balance among multiple interacting forces, is a key attribute of language and meaning and shows how to derive the meaning of an utterance from first principles by modelling it as a system of interdependent games.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262281263
0262281260
0262013452
9780262013451
128254196X
9781282541962
0262291665
9780262291668
9786612541964
6612541962

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