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Game theory and linguistic meaning / edited by Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
(Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; v. 18)

Publisher	Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier
Year	2007
Authors	Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00013461		Language and Linguistics Special E-Book Collection 2007-2012 (Brill)	9780080447155

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	1 online resource (xi, 246 p.) : ill
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index 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 Available to subscribing member institutions only 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 ways in which game theory is used in the analysis of linguistic meaning and shows how games arise in pragmatic as well as semantic investigations. The book is a balanced combination of philosophical, linguistic, logical and mathematical argumentation. The book has an introductory and a concluding ... Description based on print version record HTTP:URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9780080548524
Subjects	LCSH:Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) LCSH:Game theory LCSH:Semantics LCSH:Pragmatics FREE:PHILOSOPHY -- Language All Subject Search
Classification	LCC:P123 DC22:410.15193
ID	8000013345
ISBN	9780080447155