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Language and equilibrium / Prashant Parikh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parikh, Prashant.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pragmatics.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Game-theoretical semantics.
- Semantics (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (359 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29166-5
- 1-282-54196-X
- 9786612541964
- 0-262-28126-0
- OCLC:
- 593332560
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