Game Theory and Linguistic Meaning
- 1st Edition, Volume 18 - June 22, 2007
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Editor: Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 8 5 2 - 4
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… Read more
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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 chapter, written by the editor, to give a gentle introduction to the topics covered in the book and to provide wider conclusions and prospects arising from the individual essays.
The major topics covering the field of game theory and linguistic meaning included in the book are:
• language games, Wittgenstein
• evolutionary language games
• communication games, Grice
• games of partial information
• equilibrium semantics
• game-theoretic semantics
• logical modelling, generalised quantifiers
• the semantics/pragmatics distinction
The book has an introductory and a concluding chapter, written by the editor, to give a gentle introduction to the topics covered in the book and to provide wider conclusions and prospects arising from the individual essays.
The major topics covering the field of game theory and linguistic meaning included in the book are:
• language games, Wittgenstein
• evolutionary language games
• communication games, Grice
• games of partial information
• equilibrium semantics
• game-theoretic semantics
• logical modelling, generalised quantifiers
• the semantics/pragmatics distinction
*International contributions from known leaders in the field
*Part of the Current Research in Semantics/Pragmatics Interface series
*Part of the Current Research in Semantics/Pragmatics Interface series
Graduate students and researchers in the fields of Linguistics (semantics, pragmatics, communication studies, historical linguistics, historical semantics, historical pragmatics), Game theory (economics, evolutionary game theory, computation), Philosophy (philosophy of language, logic, semantics), Mathematics/Computer Science (logic, simulation, evolutionary emergence of semantic/pragmatic components of language), and Economics (game theory, rational decisions)
Contributors
Acknowledgments
1 An Invitation to Language and Games
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
2 Language Games, A Foundation for Semantics and Ontology
John F. Sowa
3 Counterfeiting Truth: Statistical Reporting on the Basis of Trust
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
4 From Signals to Symbols: Grounding Language Origins in Communication Games
A´ngel Alonso-Corte´s
5 Evolutionary Games and Social Conventions
Pelle Guldborg Hansen
6 Evolutionary Models of Language
Cecilia Di Chio and Paolo Di Chio
7 Game Dynamics Connects Semantics and Pragmatics
Gerhard J¨ager
8 Building Game-Theoretic Models of Conversations
Jun Miyoshi
9 Situations and Solution Concepts in Game-Theoretic Approaches to Pragmatics
Ian Ross
10 An Introduction to Equilibrium Semantics for Natural Language
Prashant Parikh and Robin Clark
11 Rule Ordering: A Look at Quantifier Scope and Coordination in GTS
Tatjana Scheffler
12 Two Notions of Scope
Gabriel Sandu
13 Semantic Games and Generalised Quantifiers
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
14 Games, Quantifiers and Pronouns
Robin Clark
15 The Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction from the Game-Theoretic Point of View
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Index
Acknowledgments
1 An Invitation to Language and Games
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
2 Language Games, A Foundation for Semantics and Ontology
John F. Sowa
3 Counterfeiting Truth: Statistical Reporting on the Basis of Trust
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
4 From Signals to Symbols: Grounding Language Origins in Communication Games
A´ngel Alonso-Corte´s
5 Evolutionary Games and Social Conventions
Pelle Guldborg Hansen
6 Evolutionary Models of Language
Cecilia Di Chio and Paolo Di Chio
7 Game Dynamics Connects Semantics and Pragmatics
Gerhard J¨ager
8 Building Game-Theoretic Models of Conversations
Jun Miyoshi
9 Situations and Solution Concepts in Game-Theoretic Approaches to Pragmatics
Ian Ross
10 An Introduction to Equilibrium Semantics for Natural Language
Prashant Parikh and Robin Clark
11 Rule Ordering: A Look at Quantifier Scope and Coordination in GTS
Tatjana Scheffler
12 Two Notions of Scope
Gabriel Sandu
13 Semantic Games and Generalised Quantifiers
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
14 Games, Quantifiers and Pronouns
Robin Clark
15 The Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction from the Game-Theoretic Point of View
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 18
- Published: June 22, 2007
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Language: English
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Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Affiliations and expertise
University of Helsinki, Finland