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Unlock language’s secrets: game theory reveals meaning’s social strategies.
Meaningful Games
Exploring Language with Game Theory
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376 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2023
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Summary
An engaging introduction to the use of game theory to study linguistic meaning.
In Meaningful Games, Robin Clark explains in an accessible manner the usefulness of game theory in thinking about a wide range of issues in linguistics. Clark argues that we use grammar strategically to signal our intended meanings—our choices as speaker are conditioned by what choices the hearer will make interpreting what we say. Game theory—according to which the outcome of a decision depends on the cho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262549189 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262549182 |
| Author: | Robin Clark |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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About The Author
Robin Clark
Robin Clark is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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