Glossary:Structural Ambiguity

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Structural Ambiguity

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.

Related terms

• Lexical Ambiguity
• Ambiguity

References

• Bieswanger, Markus/Becker, Annette (2008): Introduction to English Linguistics. 2te aktual. Aufl. A Francke Verlag, Tübingen und Basel., p. 155/156.