{"id":2946,"date":"2016-11-14T16:39:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T15:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cognitionandculture.local\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2023-08-07T17:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T15:22:12","slug":"article-for-november-probabilistic-pragmatics-or-why-bayes-rule-is-probably-important-for-pragmatics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cognitionandculture.local\/blogs\/the-mint\/article-for-november-probabilistic-pragmatics-or-why-bayes-rule-is-probably-important-for-pragmatics\/","title":{"rendered":"Article for November: Probabilistic pragmatics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! November\u2019s article for the Mint Journal club is a recent publication by Michael Franke and Gerhard J\u00e4ger called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/cognitionandculture.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/10.1515_zfs-2016-0002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Probabilistic pragmatics, or why Bayes\u2019 rule is probably important for pragmatics<\/a><\/em>, appearing in <em>Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Sprachwissenschaft <\/em>this very year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cognitionandculture.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/6097248541_c543884415_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2947\" src=\"http:\/\/cognitionandculture.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/6097248541_c543884415_b-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"6097248541_c543884415_b\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitionandculture.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/6097248541_c543884415_b-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cognitionandculture.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/6097248541_c543884415_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the title suggests, the article outlines a probabilistic \/ Bayesian approach to pragmatics, emphasizing the role of uncertainty for speakers and listeners. Initially, the probabilistic approach to pragmatics is described and compared to alternative methods. Later on, example applications are presented that show how probabilistic modeling can be used to analyze data on pragmatic phenomena such as scalar implicature. The paper ends with arguing that the approach can be applied to indirect speech acts as well, using a mathematical implementation inspired by game theory.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you see good possibilities or problems for a probabilistic take on pragmatics? Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! November\u2019s article for the Mint Journal club is a recent publication by Michael Franke and Gerhard J\u00e4ger called Probabilistic pragmatics, or why Bayes\u2019 rule is probably important for pragmatics, appearing in Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Sprachwissenschaft this very year. 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