Exercise General definition of ambiguity: Difference between revisions

From Lexical Resource Semantics
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 60: Line 60:
{ Which word is the ambiguous word in the sentence?
{ Which word is the ambiguous word in the sentence?
|type="{}" }
|type="{}" }
# I bought it without any further inquiry. { bought (i) }
# I bought it without any further inquiry: { bought (i) }
|| '''Bought''' can be read in at least the two following ways: <br/>
|| '''Bought''' can be read in at least the two following ways: <br/>
|| *Bought as "purchased": I purchased it without any further inquiry
|| *Bought as "purchased": I purchased it without any further inquiry
|| *Bought as "believed": I believed it without any further inquiry.
|| *Bought as "believed": I believed it without any further inquiry.
# There is no bank in this town. { bank (i) }
# There is no bank in this town: { bank (i) }
|| '''Bank''' can be understood in two different ways:
|| '''Bank''' can be understood in two different ways:
|| *Bank as something to sit on: "There is not a bank to sit on in this town."
|| *Bank as something to sit on: "There is not a bank to sit on in this town."

Revision as of 23:31, 10 June 2013

General definition of ambiguity

1 What is an ambiguous word?

a word with only one meaning
a polysemous word
a homophone word

2 What is the technical term for words that have more than one meaning?

scope ambiguity
lexical ambiguity
structural ambiguity

3 Which word is the ambiguous word in the sentence?

# I bought it without any further inquiry:

# There is no bank in this town:

4 Think of three sentences in which the word “hot” has different meanings.

Done