Language and equilibrium /

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 syst...

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Main Author:	Parikh, Prashant
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
Subjects:	Pragmatics. Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax. Game-theoretical semantics. Semantics (Philosophy) LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book