Robert Frank
Language and Equilibrium is an extraordinarily ambitious and creative work whose goal is nothing less than a complete rethinking of the nature of linguistic meaning and the relationship between semantics and pragmatics. Starting with the intriguing idea that form-meaning correspondences are established through the delicate balance of the conflicting forces of syntactic conventional informational and flow constraints Parikh builds a formal model that offers a contextually-sensitive generalization of Fregean compositionality in terms of the fixed point of a game-theoretically defined mapping. Not only a technical tour de force this work offers a novel perspective on fundamental issues in linguistics and philosophy of language one which is deeply stimulating and rewards careful study.
Endorsement
Language and Equilibrium is an extraordinarily ambitious and creative work whose goal is nothing less than a complete rethinking of the nature of linguistic meaning and the relationship between semantics and pragmatics. Starting with the intriguing idea that form-meaning correspondences are established through the delicate balance of the conflicting forces of syntactic conventional informational and flow constraints Parikh builds a formal model that offers a contextually-sensitive generalization of Fregean compositionality in terms of the fixed point of a game-theoretically defined mapping. Not only a technical tour de force this work offers a novel perspective on fundamental issues in linguistics and philosophy of language one which is deeply stimulating and rewards careful study.
Robert Frank, Yale University
From the Publisher
Language and Equilibrium is an extraordinarily ambitious and creative work whose goal is nothing less than a complete rethinking of the nature of linguistic meaning and the relationship between semantics and pragmatics. Starting with the intriguing idea that form-meaning correspondences are established through the delicate balance of the conflicting forces of syntactic, conventional, informational, and flow constraints, Parikh builds a formal model that offers a contextually-sensitive generalization of Fregean compositionality in terms of the fixed point of a game-theoretically defined mapping. Not only a technical tour de force, this work offers a novel perspective on fundamental issues in linguistics and philosophy of language, one which is deeply stimulating and rewards careful study.
Robert Frank, Yale University
Language and Equilibrium is an extraordinarily ambitious and creative work whose goal is nothing less than a complete rethinking of the nature of linguistic meaning and the relationship between semantics and pragmatics. Starting with the intriguing idea that form-meaning correspondences are established through the delicate balance of the conflicting forces of syntactic conventional informational and flow constraints Parikh builds a formal model that offers a contextually-sensitive generalization of Fregean compositionality in terms of the fixed point of a game-theoretically defined mapping. Not only a technical tour de force this work offers a novel perspective on fundamental issues in linguistics and philosophy of language one which is deeply stimulating and rewards careful study.
Robert Frank, Yale University