Optimal Communication

Reinhard Blutner

ISBN 10: 1575865149 / ISBN 13: 9781575865140

Editore: Centre for the Study of Language & Information, 2006

Explores how aspects of semantics and pragmatics such as compositionality shape the effectiveness of communication, the roles of the speaker and hearer, and the acquisition of meaning. It surveys research in the fields of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Editor(s): Blutner, Reinhard; Hoop, Helen; Hendriks, Petra. Series: Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302. . 2006. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781575865140

Riassunto:

This volume explores how the effectiveness of communication is shaped by aspects of semantics and pragmatics such as compositionality, the role of the speaker and hearer, and the acquisition of meaning. Optimal Communication surveys recent research in the fields of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and draws from optimality theory to argue that optimal meanings result from a compromise between competing constraints. Optimal Communication will be an invaluable resource for students in cognitive science, linguistics, and natural language semantics.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Reinhard Blutner is Privatdozent of Theoretical Linguistics at Humboldt University in Berlin and lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Helen de Hoop and Petra Hendriks are associate professors of linguistics at the Center for Language Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Reinhard Blutner is Privatdozent of Theoretical Linguistics at Humboldt University in Berlin and lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Helen de Hoop and Petra Hendriks are associate professors of linguistics at the Center for Language Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

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Titolo: Optimal Communication
Casa editrice: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New