Exercise General definition of ambiguity

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