Game Theory and Pragmatics [Paperback]

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.Introduction; A.Benz, G.J?ger & R.van Rooij Saying and Meaning, Cheap Talk and Credibility; R.Stalnaker Pragmatics and Games of Partial Information; P.Parikh Game Theory and Communication; N.Allott Different Faces of Risky Speech; R.van Rooij & M.Sevenster Pragmatic Reasoning, Defaults and Discourse Structure; N.Asher & M.Williams Utility and Relevance of Answers; A.Benz Game Theoretic Grounding; K.de Jaegher A Game Theoretic Approach to the Pragmatics of Debates: An Expository Note; J.Glazer & A.Rubinstein On the Evolutionary Dynamics of Meaning/Word Associations; T.Lenaerts & B.de VylderNICHOLAS ALLOTT, University College London, UKNICHOLAS ASHER, University of Texas, Austin, USAKRIS DE JAEGHER, Free University of Brussels, BelgiumBART DE VYLDER, Free University of Brussels, BelgiumJACOB GLAZER, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Boston University, USATOM LENAERTS, Free University of Brussels, BelgiumPRASHANT PARIKH, University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, USAARIEL RUBINSTEIN, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and New York University, USAMERLIJN SEVENSTER, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsROBERT STALNAKER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAMADISON WILLIAMS, University of Texas at Austin, USA