The Application of Ambiguity in English

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10.2991/icibet.2013.181How to use a DOI?

Abstract

Ambiguity is a commonly acknowledged linguistic phenomenon. In each aspect of linguistic application process, words, structure or pragmatic meaning of a phrase or a sentence can help the forming of ambiguity in a language. This paper will take English as an example to illus-trate some ambiguous phenomena, whose causes can also be found in some linguistic research fields. Ambiguity in language is a common phenomenon, which have to be analyzed adequately in order to make good use of it to reach good communication.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Lili Tong
PY  - 2013/03
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TI  - The Application of Ambiguity in English
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Information, Business and Education Technology (ICIBET 2013)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 833
EP  - 836
SN  - 1951-6851
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DO  - 10.2991/icibet.2013.181
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