Communication and Content

by Prashant Parikh

Communication and content presents a comprehensive and foundational account of meaning based on new versions of situation theory and game theory. The literal and implied meanings of an utterance are derived from first principles assuming little more than the partial rationality of interacting agents. New analyses of a number of diverse phenomena - a wide notion of ambiguity and content encompassing phonetics, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and beyond,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013294718
• ISBN13: 9781013294716
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"