Language and equilibrium
Game-theoretical semantics Grammar, Comparative and general Pragmatics Semantics (Philosophy) LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES sähkökirjat
MIT Press
2010
EISBN 9780262281263
List of figures.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2. Information, meaning, and language.
3. Situated choice.
4. Equilibrium semantics.
5. Indeterminacy.
6. Noun phrases.
7. Conclusion.
Appendix A. The mathematical model.
Appendix B. An exercise.
References.
Index.
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.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2. Information, meaning, and language.
3. Situated choice.
4. Equilibrium semantics.
5. Indeterminacy.
6. Noun phrases.
7. Conclusion.
Appendix A. The mathematical model.
Appendix B. An exercise.
References.
Index.
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.
