Exercise General definition of ambiguity: Difference between revisions

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|| A homophone is a form that has two or more distinct meanings, but is pronounced in the same way. <br/>
|| A homophone is a form that has two or more distinct meanings, but is pronounced in the same way. <br/>
|| e.g. <br/>
|| e.g., the word '''bank''' is ambigous: a financial institute, the side of a river
|| '''bank''' <br/>
|| *financial institute
|| *a device to sit on
|| *the side of a river
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Homophony| Homophony]] for more information. <br/>
|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Homophony| Homophony]] for more information. <br/>



Revision as of 00:20, 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

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?

a) I bought it without any further inquiry:

b) There is no bank in this town:

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

Done


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