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LA-JPNS-3000-750-49397-202503 📚 Module 8: Pre-Class Assignment 1

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Match the sentence to the category of ambiguity. 1: -I saw her duck (I saw a duck belonging to her, or I saw her lower her head) -きのう友達(ともだち)と夜ごはんを食べた(a friend or friends) 2: -He is a doctor (‘medical doctor’ or ‘Ph.D’) -力が足りない(lack of ability or lack of strength) 3: -How interesting! (could be used ironically) -ちょっと難(むずか)しいですね (could mean ‘it’s bit difficult’ or ‘it’s impossible’) 4: -entree (‘ appetizer’ in Australian English, ‘the main course’ in American English) -切れる (could mean ‘go into a rage/ go crazy ‘ in young people’s utterance)

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The task asks to match each given sentence or phrase to a category of ambiguity. We will examine each item and assign the most fitting type, explaining why each choice makes sense and why alternatives do not. Sentence set 1: - 'I saw her duck (I saw a duck belonging to her, or I saw her lower her head)' This is best described as grammatical (structural) ambiguity, because the word 'duck' has two possible grammatical roles in this sentence: as a noun referring to the animal, or as a verb meaning to lower the head. The surface sentence can be parsed in two distinct ways depending on how the word is interpreted, which is a matter of syntax/structure rather than a difference in word meaning. If we considered it purely lexical, we would focus on the different ......Login to view full explanation

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