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1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
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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 |
| 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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Die Schuhe von van Gogh: Ambiguität vs. Unspezifität im BildIndex |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Foreword in German; introduction in English; articles in German and English |
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Print version record |
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Ambiguity.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Ambiguity
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Winkler, Susanne, (Professor) editor
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| ISBN |
9783110403633 |
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3110403633 |
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