Exercise General definition of ambiguity: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:23, 15 November 2013

The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS).
Involved participants: Nicki, Marc M, Leo, Anna Böcher, Lorena

@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 |type="()" }
 - scope ambiguity
-|| Sorry, the answer is not correct.
+|| Scope ambiguity deals with the scope of quantifiers (''every'', ''some'' ...) and leads to structurally distinct logical forms.
-|| Scope ambiguity deals with the scope of quantifiers (every, some ...) and is a form of structural ambiguity. <br/>
+|| e.g.''Everyone loves someone.' The sentence can be read in the two following ways. <br/>
-|| e.g.
+|| Reading 1: ''Everyone loves the same someone.''
-|| "Everyone loves someone." <br/>
+|| Reading 2: ''Everyone loves some different person.''
-|| The sentence can be read in the two following ways. <br/>
-|| *Everyone loves the same someone.
-|| *Everyone loves some different person.
 || See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Scope Ambiguity| Scope Ambiguity]] for more information. <br/>
 + lexical ambiguity
-|| Very good, that is correct. <br/>
+|| This correct. Lexical ambiguity means that the ambiguity arises on the level of the lexeme (word).
-|| Lexical ambiguity means that the ambiguity arises on the level of the lexeme (word).
+|| e.g. ''I was right next to the '''bank''' when I fainted, otherwise I might not have survived.''
-|| e.g.
-|| "I was right next to the '''bank''' when I fainted, otherwise I might not have survived."
 || *The speaker might have fainted on the water next to the bank of a river, so he did not drown.
 || *The speaker fainted next to a financial institute, so enough people were there who could help him.