Relevance of communicative acts

Authors:
Robert van Rooy
Affiliations:
ILLC/University of Amsterdam
Venue:
TARK '01 Proceedings of the 8th conference on Theoretical aspects of rationality and knowledge
Year:
2001

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Abstract

Why do we speak? Because we want to influence each other's behavior. The relevance of a speech act can measure its usefulness. In this paper I argue that (i) the relevance of a speech act depends on the 'language game' one is involved in; (ii) notions of relevance can be defined using decision, information and game theory, and can be used for linguistic applications; and (iii) the strategic considerations of participants in a conversation deserve our attention, especially when we consider mixed-motive games of imperfect information, for instance, to establish the common ground.