AMBIGUIY

AMBIGUIY

1. An expression can have two or more different meanings.

2. Lexical

   • Homonymy
     • Homophones
     • Homoghraps
     • Complete
   • Polysemy
     • Metonymy
     • Metaphor

3. Structural

   • Interpreted in several ways, depending on the structure
     • Porcelain Egg Container
       • Old Man and Women

4. Referential

   • A word can refer to more than one entity in the same sentence
   • Pavarotti is a big Opera star

5. Scope

   • When quantifiers or similar expressions can take different ways in the meaning of a sentence