Ambiguity

Ambiguity: language and communication

by Winkler, Susanne,, (Professor)

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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, law.

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Title Statements

  • 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, 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

Die Schuhe von van Gogh: Ambiguität vs. Unspezifität im BildIndex.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (368 p. :) : : il

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783110403633, 3110403633
  • oclc:ocn984810845
  • Dewey Decimal:410

Table of Contents

Vorwort; Table of Contents; Exploring Ambiguity and the Ambiguity Model from a Transdisciplinary Perspective; Part I: Theoretical Foundations of Ambiguity in Language and Communication; Ambiguity Avoidance is Overrated; Part II: (Strategic) Ambiguity in the Production Process; Strategisches Ambiguieren, Verstehenswechsel und rhetorische Textleistung . Am Beispiel von Shakespeares Antony-Rede; Ambiguity in Shakespeare 's Sonnet 138; Von der intendierten Ambiguität in die Aporie . Monologische und dialogische Erkenntniswege am Beispiel von Platons Hippias Minor; Unbestimmtheit im Recht.

Part III: (Strategic) Ambiguity in the Perception ProcessAmbiguity and Sentence Position: An Experimental Case Study on Manner Adverbs; The Influence of Prosody on Children's Processing of Ambiguous Sentences; Discourse Function Ambiguity of Fragments: A Linguistic Puzzle; Ambiguität und Schriftauslegung: Beobachtungen zu Augustins Schrift De utilitate credendi; Part IV: (Strategic) Ambiguity in Communicative Interaction; Dimensions of Constitutive Ambiguity; Ambiguity in Speaker-Hearer-Interaction: A Parameter-Based Model of Analysis.

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Winkler, Susanne,, (Professor)

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