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=Structural Ambiguity=
=Scope Ambiguity=


/strʌktʃɘrɘl æmbigjʊɘti/
/ æmbigjʊɘti/


==Definition==
==Definition==


Structural ambiguity arises if two or more different syntactic structures can be assigned to one phrase. In other words: One word order can be associated with two or more different meanings.
 


==Examples==
==Examples==


There are a lot of old men and women around.
Reading 1: There are a lot of men and women around who are all old. <br/>
Reading 2: There are a lot of old men and women of any age around.
We need more intelligent administrators
Reading 1: We need a larger number of intelligent administrators. <br/>
Reading 2: We need more administrators who are intelligent.


==Related terms==
==Related terms==
*'''[[Glossary:Lexical Ambiguity|Lexical Ambiguity]]'''
*'''[[Glossary:Lexical Ambiguity|Lexical Ambiguity]]'''
*'''[[Glossary:Ambiguity|Ambiguity]]'''
*'''[[Glossary:Ambiguity|Ambiguity]]'''
*'''[[Glossary:Structural Ambiguity|Structural Ambiguity]]'''


==References==
==References==
*Bieswanger, Markus/Becker, Annette (2008): Introduction to English Linguistics. 2te aktual. Aufl. A Francke Verlag, Tübingen und Basel., p. 155/156.
*Bieswanger, Markus/Becker, Annette (2008): Introduction to English Linguistics. 2te aktual. Aufl. A Francke Verlag, Tübingen und Basel., p. 155/156.
*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/Uil-OTS/Lexicon/|Structural Ambiguity in Utrecht University, Lexicon of Linguistics]
*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/Uil-OTS/Lexicon/|Structural Ambiguity in Utrecht University, Lexicon of Linguistics]

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Scope Ambiguity

/ æmbigjʊɘti/

Definition

Examples

Related terms

References