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Pragmatic Ambiguity and Interchange

Cheng Fang

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There exits ambiguity everywhere in English.This paper discusses several kinds of ambiguity in general at first,such as lexical ambiguity,structural ambiguity and pragmatic ambiguity.The paper further explains the effective way to avoid the ambiguity easily handicaping the language communication.Then,the paper focuses on the pragmatic ambiguity,hoping to avoid the improper ambiguity and conduct the language communication smoothly.

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There exits ambiguity everywhere in English.This paper discusses several kinds of ambiguity in general at first,such as lexical ambiguity,structural ambiguity and pragmatic ambiguity.The paper further explains the effective way to avoid the ambiguity easily handicaping the language communication.Then,the paper focuses on the pragmatic ambiguity,hoping to avoid the improper ambiguity and conduct the language communication smoothly.

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There exits ambiguity everywhere in English.This paper discusses several kinds of ambiguity in general at first,such as lexical ambiguity,structural ambiguity and pragmatic ambiguity.The paper further explains the effective way to avoid the ambiguity easily handicaping the language communication.Then,the paper focuses on the pragmatic ambiguity,hoping to avoid the improper ambiguity and conduct the language communication smoothly.

Key concepts: Ambiguity, Computer science, Linguistics, Philosophy, Programming language

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