Ambiguity

Ambiguity: language and communication

by Winkler, Susanne

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"This volume uncovers a great mystery about language: why can we communicate so effectively despite the fact that ambiguity is pervasive? Conversely, how do speakers use ambiguity to achieve a specific goal? Answers to these questions are provided from different fields: (psycho)linguistics, literary criticism, rhetoric, theology, media studies, [and] law"--

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  • Full title :Ambiguity : language and communication / edited by Susanne Winkler.

Summary

"This volume uncovers a great mystery about language: why can we communicate so effectively despite the fact that ambiguity is pervasive? Conversely, how do speakers use ambiguity to achieve a specific goal? Answers to these questions are provided from different fields: (psycho)linguistics, literary criticism, rhetoric, theology, media studies, [and] law"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):De Gruyter
  • Place of Publication:Berlin
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

Notes

Essays proceeding from an international symposium, "Dimensions of Ambiguity", held at Tübingen, Germany in 2009.

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  • Description:x, 368 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783110403435, 3110403439
  • oclc:ocn897487957
  • LC Classification:P325.5.A46
  • Dewey Decimal:401/.43

Subjects

Ambiguität Ambiguïté -- Congrès Ambiguity Ambiguity -- Congresses Conference papers and proceedings Kommunikation psycholinguistics Psycholinguistics -- Congresses Psycholinguistique -- Congrès semantics Semantics -- Congresses Sémantique -- Congrès Sprache

Writers

Winkler, Susanne

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