Semantic games and generalised quantifiers

Ahti Veikko Pietarinen

Semantic games and generalised quantifiers

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Abstract

This chapter proposes to marry generalised quantifiers with game-theoretic semantics (GTS). It is argued that generalised quantifiers are no impediment to a game-theoretic interpretation. To this effect, semantic game rules for various types of generalised quantifiers are defined. Moreover, game semantics is argued to surpass relational semantics in that it provides (i) a generic method of dealing with context-dependent quantifiers in terms of strategic content and (ii) a general semantics for branching generalised quantifiers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Game Theory and Linguistic Meaning
Editors	Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Publisher	Brill Rodopi
Pages	183-206
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080447155
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface
Volume	18
ISSN (Print)	1472-7870

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Philosophy
Linguistics and Language

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