Language and equilibrium:
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Main Author: Parikh, Prashant (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press c2010
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 344 p.)
ISBN:0262281260
9780262281263

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