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| Material for the seminar ''Semantics 1'', summer term 2014, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M. | | Material for the seminar ''Semantics 1'', summer term 2014, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M. |
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| Mock exam file: [[File:mock-exam-sose14.pdf]]
| | * [[Semantics 1, SoSe 2014: Mock exam|Mock exam with solutions]] |
| | | * [[Semantics 1, SoSe 2014: Wiki-based term papers|Wiki-based term papers]] |
| The examples in the text are based on Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. The full text of the play is available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2264 Projekt Gutenberg].
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| '''Task 1:''' Ambiguity
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| Consider the following ambiguous sentences.
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| # For '''each''' of these, determine the type of ambiguity.
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| # Provide an unambiguous paraphrase for the possible readings.
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| a. Duncan trusted Macbeth because he was a thane.
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| # Type of ambiguity: referential ambiguity
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| # Reading 1: ''he'' refers to ''Macbeth''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Macbeth was a thane.''<br />Reading 2: ''he'' refers to ''Duncan''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Duncan was a thane.''
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| b. Every king trusts a thane.
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| # Type of ambiguity: scope ambiguity
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| # Reading 1: ''every'' takes scope over ''a''. Paraphrase: ''For every king there is at least one thane such that the king trusts that thane.''<br />Reading 2: ''a'' takes scope over ''every''. Paraphrase: ''There is one particular thane such that each king trusts this thane.''
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| b. Macbeth and Macduff are married.
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| # Type of ambiguity: referential ambiguity
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| # Reading 1: ''he'' refers to ''Macbeth''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Macbeth was a thane.''<br />Reading 2: ''he'' refers to ''Duncan''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Duncan was a thane.''
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| b. Macbeth killed a king with a dagger.
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| # Type of ambiguity: referential ambiguity
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| # Reading 1: ''he'' refers to ''Macbeth''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Macbeth was a thane.''<br />Reading 2: ''he'' refers to ''Duncan''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Duncan was a thane.''
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Material for the seminar Semantics 1, summer term 2014, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.