Hierarchic Ambiguity and Classification  

Oleh:

Werner, Oswald

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 34 no. 1/4 (1992), page 350-376.
Fulltext: 30028384.pdf (2.25MB)

Ketersediaan

Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ALI/34 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

Lihat Detail Induk

Isi artikel

While lexical and structural ambiguity have received considerable attention in the linguistic literature, hierarchic ambiguity has received almost none. I define hierarchic ambiguity as the situation in which the same term designates both genus and species (often across several levels of folk taxonomies). I attempt to remedy this situation by illustrating hierarchic ambiguity with English and Navajo examples. I also show that in the uses of language hierarchic ambiguity is all pervasive: in language learning, in folk classification, in the use of generic terms of species, and in the case of verbal action plans (scripts). Finally, I draw conclusions about the significance of this type of ambiguity for the semanticist and especially the ethnographer.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali