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== Ambiguity vs. vagueness == | == Ambiguity vs. vagueness == | ||
== | == Ambiguity == | ||
== | === Lexical ambiguity === | ||
== | === Structural ambiguity === | ||
== | === Scope ambiguity === | ||
== Referential ambiguity == | === Collective/distributive ambiguity === | ||
=== Referential ambiguity === | |||
== References and links == | == References and links == | ||
=== Related exercises === | |||
* [[Determine_the_type_of_ambiguity]] | |||
=== References === | === References === | ||
Revision as of 10:48, 7 October 2012
Ambiguity is wide spread in natural language. In most cases, however, we do not even notice the ambiguity in everyday life. However, these ambiguities are real and it is very important to understand what kinds of ambiguity exist in natural language. This will also help us to determine the factors (grammatical and contextual) which allow us to communicate without being lost in ambiguity all the time.