Ambiguity in Semantic

A.      Definition of Ambiguity

Ambiguity (ambiguity) is a meaningful word or two-timing double meaning.  As well as the ambiguity polysemy, where polysemy is also ambiguous. Distinguishing between ambiguity and polysemy are:

·         doubling the ambiguity of meaning yangberasal larger grammatical units, namely fraseatau sentence.

·         and polysemy just doubling said.

B.      examples of ambiguity:

a.      A good life depends on a liver – Liver may be an organ or simply a living person.

b.      Foreigners are hunting dogs – It is unclear whether dogs were being hunted or foreigners are being spoken of as dogs.

c.       Each of us saw her duck – It is not clear whether the word “duck” refers to an action of ducking or a duck that is a bird.

d.      The passerby helps dog bite victim – Is the passerby helping a dog bite someone? Or is he helping a person bitten by a dog? It’s not clear.