TY - CHAP
T1 - The Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction From The Game-Theoretic Point Of View
AU - Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko
PY - 2007/6/30
Y1 - 2007/6/30
N2 - This study examines the conceptual interplay between semantic and pragmatic aspects of linguistic meaning from the game-theoretic standpoint, and finds a negative result: that which is semantic and that which is pragmatic in language cannot be distinguished by means of the rule-governed and structural features of game theory. From that perspective, the sole difference is whether players entertain epistemic relationships with respect to the solution concepts and strategy profiles in the game-theoretic analysis of linguistic meaning. This means that, theoretically, the distinction is illusory.
AB - This study examines the conceptual interplay between semantic and pragmatic aspects of linguistic meaning from the game-theoretic standpoint, and finds a negative result: that which is semantic and that which is pragmatic in language cannot be distinguished by means of the rule-governed and structural features of game theory. From that perspective, the sole difference is whether players entertain epistemic relationships with respect to the solution concepts and strategy profiles in the game-theoretic analysis of linguistic meaning. This means that, theoretically, the distinction is illusory.
UR - https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/23305
UR - https://shop.elsevier.com/books/game-theory-and-linguistic-meaning/
U2 - 10.1163/9780080548524_016
DO - 10.1163/9780080548524_016
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780080447155
T3 - Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface
SP - 229
EP - 242
BT - Game Theory and Linguistic Meaning
A2 - Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko
PB - Brill
ER -