| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; v. 18
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Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; v. 18.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 cha. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
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Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) |
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Game theory.
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Game theory. |
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Semantics.
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Semantics. |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Game theory and linguistic meaning. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, ©2007 9780080447155 0080447155 (OCoLC)123113372 |
| ISBN |
0080548520 (electronic book) |
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9780080548524 (electronic book) |
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0080447155 (Cloth) |
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9780080447155 (hardback) |
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