AMBIGUITY

WHAT IS AMBIGUITY

• Two or more forms with every closely related meaning

• a situation where a word, phrase, sentence, or utterance has multiple possible meanings or interpretations

• A multiword construction that is a semantic unit whose meaning cannot be deduced from the meaning of its contituents

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HOW MANY TYPES OF AMBIGUITY ARE THERE?

• 6

• 7

• 4

• 3

Semantic Ambiguity

• Occurs when a single word has multiple meanings.

• Arises from the structure or syntax of a sentence, leading to multiple possible ways to interpret the sentence.

• This involves ambiguity in the meaning of words or phrases within a sentence.

• This type of ambiguity occurs due to context and the speaker's intentions.

Lexical Ambiguity

• Arises from the structure or syntax of a sentence, leading to multiple possible ways to interpret the sentence.

• This type of ambiguity occurs due to context and the speaker's intentions.

• Occurs when a single word has multiple meanings.

• This involves ambiguity in the meaning of words or phrases within a sentence

Pragmatic Ambiguity

• This type of ambiguity occurs due to context and the speaker's intentions.

• Occurs when a single word has multiple meanings.

• This involves ambiguity in the meaning of words or phrases within a sentence.

• Arises from the structure or syntax of a sentence, leading to multiple possible ways to interpret the sentence.

Syntactic Ambiguity

• Occurs when a single word has multiple meanings.

• This type of ambiguity occurs due to context and the speaker's intentions.

• This involves ambiguity in the meaning of words or phrases within a sentence.

• Arises from the structure or syntax of a sentence, leading to multiple possible ways to interpret the sentence.

A tip to deal with ambiguity is to define the framework and set clear and achievable goals

• TRUE

• FALSE

The types of ambiguity in " JOSH CALLED HIS DADDY " is/are:

• LEXICAL AMBIGUITY

• SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY

• SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY

• PRAGMATIC AMBIGUITY

A sentence or text becomes ambiguity when:

• something is confusing

• there is more than one interpretation

• there is a rhyming pattern

• the author wants to create a strong thesis

what are two possible meaning of the following sentence?

-I SAW THE MAN WALKING ALONG WITH A BAT IN HIS HAND

• I saw a man walking with a bat

• I saw a man with a small, winged animal in his hand

• I saw a man walking a bat

• I saw a man with the tool used to hit a ball in baseball and softball in his hand