Meaning, Identity, and Interaction: Sociolinguistic Variation and Change in Game-Theoretic Pragmatics

Heather Burnett

doi:10.1017/9781108894524

Exciting parallel developments have been made in sociolinguistics and formal semantics, yet these two subfields have had very little contact in the past. This pioneering book bridges this gap, bringing together research and methodologies from both areas of study into a new framework for studying the relation between language, ideologies and the social world. It demonstrates how tools from semantics can be used to formalize theories from sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology and gender studies, and also shows how tools from epistemic game theory can be used to bring those theories in closer line with empirical studies of sociolinguistic variation and identity construction through language. Engaging and accessible, it highlights how a cross-pollination of ideas in sociolinguistics and semantics can open up a completely new empirical domain of research. It is essential reading for sociolinguists interested in meaning, and semanticists and philosophers interested in language in its social context.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-viii

List of Tables
pp ix-xi

Series Editor’s Preface
pp xii-xiv

Preface
pp xv-xxii

1 - A Formal Semantics for Social Meaning
pp 1-26

Part I - Sociolinguistic Variation and Identity Construction
pp 27-28

2 - Formalizing the Third Wave
pp 29-77

3 - Testing Sociolinguistic Theories Using Game-Theoretic Pragmatics
pp 78-118

Part II - Language, Gender and Social Change
pp 119-120

4 - A Materialist Semantics for Slurs and Identity Terms
pp 121-150

5 - Socially Driven Language Change
pp 151-186

6 - Conclusion
pp 187-190

Bibliography
pp 191-207

Index
pp 208-210

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