Anton Benz, Language, Games, and Evolution: Trends in Current Research on Language and Game Theory
Anton Benz, Language, Games, and Evolution: Trends in Current Research on Language and Game Theory (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)
ISBN: 3642180051 | edition 2011 | PDF | 197 pages | 6 mb
ISBN: 3642180051 | edition 2011 | PDF | 197 pages | 6 mb
Recent years witnessed an increased interest in formal pragmatics and especially the establishment of game theory as a new research methodology for the study of language use. Game and Decision Theory (GDT) are natural candidates if we look for a theoretical foundation of linguistic pragmatics. Over the last decade, a firm research community has emerged with a strong interdisciplinary character, where economists, philosophers, and social scientists meet with linguists.