 Re: What is "ambiguous " mean in syntax?
Hi all
On the whole sentence-level 'ambiguity' is a product of restricting one's analysis to sentences. In what we conversation analysts use to call 'natural language utterances>discourse, most such supposed 'ambiguity' does not exist for the creaters, listeners/readers involved.
In other words, most 'ambiguity' is a product of bad analysis and bad teaching.
I realise this is late for the original query, but it is a 'hardy perennial' in applied linguistics and TEFl/TESL |