SENTENCES AMBIGUITY

SENTENCES AMBIGUITY

1. Phonologically, lexically, structurally and semantically

   • The misconception in sentences, such as metaphor, vagueness, paradox, deictic, pun, and pragmatics.
     • GRAMMATICAL AMBIGUITY
       • distinction between form and expression, rather than the distinction between form as token and form as type.
         • The boy carries the light box. This example has three different meanings: (light) not a heavy box (light) a box that has an electric lamp (light) a shiny box
     • CLASS AMBIGUITY
       • Creates humorous sense
     • METHAPHORICAL
       • Figurative sense without losing its original meaning.
         • I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
     • VAGUENESS
       • Imprecise or unclear use of language.
         • There are many people in the concert last night'. The statement stated that there are a lot of people, but it does not give any image of how many people exactly or approximately that attend the concert.
     • MISCONCEPTION OF DEICTIC EXPRESSION
       • A deictic expression or deixis is a word or phrase (such as this, that, these, those, now, then, here) that points to the time, place, or situation in which a speaker is speaking.)
         • You will have to bring it back tomorrow because she is not here today. Out of context, the above sentence is really vague.
     • MISCONCEPTION OF PARADOX
       • The paradox is a statement that seems to be impossible but that is or may be true
         • Here’s much to do with hate but more with love.

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