Meeting : 10 Semantics IG 0352 Ambiguity Learning Outcome • Students are able to apply the notion of ambiguity in their daily communication Semantics IG 0352 2 Outline • Lexical ambiguity • Structural ambiguity • Sentence ambiguity • Lexical ambiguity: – Ambiguity because of the ambiguous words – E.g. She looked at the ball happily. • Ball a round object • Ball a party • Structural Ambiguity – Visiting relatives can be nuisance – Visiting relatives • Relatives who come to visit (participial phrase) • The action of visiting relatives (gerund) • Ambiguity in words (lexical) but not in sentence • Ambiguity in structure (structural) but not in sentence Conclusion • Ambiguity can be in the levels of words (lexical) or sentences. • The causes of ambiguity of sentence can be from the ambiguity in the levels of words or grammar or either or neither
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