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| − | '''Scope ambiguity''' is the kind of [[ambiguity]] that arises when an [[operator]] can enter into different [[scope relation]]s with other | + | '''Scope ambiguity''' is the kind of [[ambiguity]] that arises when an [[operator]] can enter into different [[scope relation]]s with other [[scope]]d elements. |
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 21 February 2009
Scope ambiguity is the kind of ambiguity that arises when an operator can enter into different scope relations with other scoped elements.
Example
(i)a has the two readings (i)b and c. In (ib) every farmeris construed as having scope over a donkey and in (ic) a donkey is construed as having scope over every farmer:
(i) a Every farmer loves a donkey
b For every farmer there is a donkey such that he loves him
c There is a donkey such that every farmer loves him
Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- May, R.C. 1977. The Grammar of Quantification, unp. PhD diss., MIT.
- Montague, R. 1974. Formal philosophy: selected papers of Richard Montague, edited and with an introduction by Richmond H. Thomason, Yale University Press, New Haven
Other languages
German Skopus-Ambiguität
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