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Ambiguity is widespread in natural language. In most cases, however, we do not even notice the ambiguity in everyday life. However, these ambiguities are real and it is very important to understand what kinds of ambiguity exist in natural language. This will also help us to determine the factors (grammatical and contextual) which allow us to communicate without being lost in ambiguity all the time.
Ambiguity vs. vagueness
Ambiguity vs. polysemy
Ambiguity
Lexical ambiguity
Structural ambiguity
Scope ambiguity
Collective/distributive ambiguity
Referential ambiguity
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