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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262281263 0262281260 0262013452 9780262013451 128254196X 9781282541962 |
| DOI: | 10.7551/mitpress/9780262013451.001.0001 |