Abschnittsübersicht

  • Every linguistic unit has at least one meaning. However, the interpretation given to a particular word, phrase, or sentence can vary greatly from context to context. The problem of pinning down the meaning of an expression has two aspects:

    Ambiguity: A linguistic unit can be associated with several distinct meanings
    Vagueness: The meaning of a linguistic unit is unspecified, i.e. not clear in a context.

    This demo-unit, which is part of the VLC Semantics courses, e.g. VLC103, discusses the phenomenon of ambiguity.