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|| A word with just one meaning is '''un'''ambiguous. <br/>
|| A word with just one meaning is '''un'''ambiguous. <br/>
|| See also the glossary entry on [[Glossary:Ambiguity#Ambiguity|Ambiguity]] for more information.<br/>
|| See also the glossary entry on [[Glossary:Ambiguity#Ambiguity|Ambiguity]] for more information.<br/>
  - a polysemous word
  - a polysemous word
|| Sorry, but your answer is not entirely correct.
|| Sorry, but your answer is not entirely correct.
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|| *An adult male human being (vs. boy)
|| *An adult male human being (vs. boy)
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Polysemy|Polysemy]] for more information. <br/>
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Polysemy|Polysemy]] for more information. <br/>
  + a homophone word
  + a homophone word
|| Very good, that is correct.
|| Very good, that is correct.
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|| *Everyone loves some different person.
|| *Everyone loves some different person.
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Scope Ambiguity| Scope Ambiguity]] for more information. <br/>
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Scope Ambiguity| Scope Ambiguity]] for more information. <br/>
  + lexical ambiguity
  + lexical ambiguity
  || Very good, that is correct. <br/>
  || Very good, that is correct. <br/>
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|| *The speaker fainted next to a financial institute, so enough people were there who could help him.
|| *The speaker fainted next to a financial institute, so enough people were there who could help him.
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Lexical_Ambiguity|Lexical Ambiguity]] for more information. <br/>
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Lexical_Ambiguity|Lexical Ambiguity]] for more information. <br/>
  - structural ambiguity
  - structural ambiguity
|| Sorry, the answer is not correct.
|| Sorry, the answer is not correct.

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General definition of ambiguity

1 { What is an ambiguous word? 

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scope ambiguity

2 Which word is the ambiguous word in the sentence?

#I bought it without any further inquiry.

#There is no bank in this town.

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

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