Recent years witnessed an increased interest in formal pragmatics and especially the establishment of game theory as a new research methodology for the study of language use. Game and Decision Theory (GDT) are natural candidates if we look for a theoretical foundation of linguistic pragmatics....
Game theory--the study of how people make choices while interacting with others--is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago. The book shows how this beloved writer theorized choice and preferences, prized strategic thinking, argued that jointly strategizing with a partner is the surest foundation for intimacy, and analyzed why superiors are often strategically clueless about inferiors.This book illustrates the wide relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers.
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This book is designed for those who know little or nothing about teaching English as a foreign or second language. It is, therefore, suitable pre-course reading for an RSA Preparatory Certificate, or any other form of initial training. Conspicuous for its lack of jargon, and minimal philosophic theory, it provides a basic outline of many of the practical approaches and techniques which need to be applied in the classroom.
