Language and equilibrium - Parikh, Prashant (MIT Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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