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