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A Semantic Analysis of Ambiguity in English | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University for the Humanities | ||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 541-560 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hashim Saadoon Saleem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Experience in teaching English and previous findings show that learners confront acute difficulties very often in finding solutions to the commonest ambiguities whether in speech or in written language. Such difficulties stand strongly against learners' ability to understand an ambiguous sentence or a vocabulary item. The reason which has driven the researcher to write this paper is to highlight the notion of ambiguity posed in English trying to help learners lessen and overcome the difficulties which may be come across in everyday life by displaying the commonest ambiguities that exist in the English language. In so doing, the learners can find the research subject-matter helpful to increase their experience in this respect and pay more attention when they face such ambiguous constructions or words. The concept of ambiguity is classified into two categories, viz, intentional and unintentional. Our key concern in the research is how to overcome the unintentional ambiguity because intentional ambiguity which is deliberately found in literature is not harmful for scholars since it is utilized for enjoyment and entertainment. | ||
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