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See [[Glossary: lexical ambiguity]] for a definition. </br>
Lexical ambiguity means that the ambiguity arises on the level of the lexeme (word).


[[NMTS-Group1#Our_exercises| Try it again, please!]]
e.g.
"I was right next to the '''bank''' when I fainted, otherwise I might not have survived."
*The speaker might have fainted on the water next to the bank of a river, so he did not drown.
*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/>
 
 
[[NMTS-Group1#Exercise II| Try it again, please!]]

Latest revision as of 16:55, 14 February 2013

Sorry, the answer is not correct.

Lexical ambiguity means that the ambiguity arises on the level of the lexeme (word).

e.g. "I was right next to the bank when I fainted, otherwise I might not have survived."

  • The speaker might have fainted on the water next to the bank of a river, so he did not drown.
  • The speaker fainted next to a financial institute, so enough people were there who could help him.

See the Glossary entry on Lexical Ambiguity for more information.


Try it again, please!