Ambiguity in Language Use

ISBN-13: 9783845478265 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 140 str.

Jane Ifechelobi

Opis

Ambiguity in language use presents/ x-rays the effect of ambiguity in the use of English. It is an important guide to every user of language that utmost care must be used to achieve clarity in the process of communication, so that the essentials of a piece of information would not be lost. Chapter by Chapter important concepts are introduced: what is meaning?, Meanings of meaning, theories of meaning, grammaticality and acceptability, ambiguity, vagueness, word and sentence meaning etc.

O autorze

The author Jane Nkechi Ifechelobi has a Ph.D in English. She is a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State Nigeria.