Abstract
To understand evolutionary aspects of communication is to understand the evolutionary development of the meaning relations between language and the world. Such meaning relations are established by the application of the interactive systems of semantic games. Subsumed under the evolutionary framework of repeated games, semantics is the survival of stable meanings in populations of strategically interacting players. The viability of compositionality, common ground and salience in such evolutionary games is assessed. Foundationally, the discussion is rooted in Charles S. Peirce's pragmatist philosophy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 79-104 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Interaction Studies |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Communication
- Language and Linguistics
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Linguistics and Language
- Human-Computer Interaction
User-Defined Keywords
- Communication
- Evolutionary game theory
- Logic
- Peirce
- Semantic games