Game Theory and Pragmatics (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition)

Author: Benz, A.

Brand: MACMILLAN

Edition: 1st ed. 2006

Number Of Pages: 298

EAN: 9781349523177

Release Date: 01-11-2005

Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English

Binding: Paperback

Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.

Details: Rooted in Gricean tradition, this book concentrates on game- and decision-theoretic (GDT) approaches to the foundations of pragmatics. An Introduction to GDT, with an overview of GDT pragmatics research to date and its relation to semantics and to Gricean pragmatics is followed by contributions offering a high-level survey of current GDT pragmatics and the field of its applications, demonstrating that this approach provides a sound basis for synchronic and diachronic explanations of language use.