Ambiguity

In today's society, the never ending game of "who cares less" is played frequently. Power in a relationship is held in the hands of whoever is the most laid back, and if not a part of the "good vibes only" movement, being labeled as “crazy” is a true concern. Anyone who gets stressed out over grades, cares a little too much about their appearance, or questions why their significant other cheated on them are considered “psychotic.” This loathed characterization has always been tossed around,…

Chapter four The notion of ambiguity was explored in the previous chapter in depth. Several categories of ambiguities have therefore been identified. In this chapter an experiment will be conducted using Personal Translator, a commercial machine translation system based on rules, and Google translate, a free online machine translation system that implements the statistical method. A brief description of these tools are given below in section one. Since a critical part of this chapter is devoted…

there are several learning styles that we can point out the one of important one which is ambiguity tolerance (AT) and defined as “ the degree to which you are cognitively willing to tolerate ideas and propositions that run counter to your own belief system or structure of knowledge” (Brown, 2000: 119). As Ely (1989) mentioned, learning new language has its uncertainty and full of considerable amount of ambiguity during learning a foreign language. Needless to say that there are difficulties in…

Macbeth's ambiguity and misinterpretation is shown throughout the play by the characters lies and various prophecies. In the novel the characters make it seem as though how they are perceived is different than what they actually are and that there are numerous instances where words and actions need clarification. Macbeth's ambiguity eventually leads him into a complete pursuit of power where he turns to the annihilation of King Duncan, many of his own friends, and eventually the utter…

According to all the analysis on six figures of the cartoon strips above, it can be said that ambiguity can happen in various way and situation. It also involve in our daily life. All of the six cartoon strips above has its own type of ambiguity which is semantic and lexical ambiguity. The first figure is about the phrase of ‘funny bone’ which is ambiguous. This phrase is the lexical ambiguity which is involve the two meaning of it which is the first is the part of the elbow over which passes…

1.Definition of Ambiguity Ambiguity, as is defines in the Webster’s Third International Dictionary, is”the condition of admitting of two or more meanings, of being understood in more than one way, or of referring to two of more things at the same time.” In ordinary books on linguistics, the term is generally defined roughly as a linguistic phenomenon that a word, phrase or clause can have more than one possible interpretation. It is thus an attribute of any idea or statement whose intended…

Shakespeare’s use of ambiguity causes Othello’s climax to be ambiguous. The protagonist determines what the climax is, which is debatable because either Othello or Iago can be the protagonist. Although there is ambiguity regarding the climax, Shakespeare provides salient evidence for the climax. When Iago is the protagonist, he manipulates Othello until he finally causes Othello’s catastrophe. Othello and Iago are in open opposition when Iago asks him, regarding Cassio and Desdemona, “What if I…

Uncertainty and Ambiguity- The Writings of Henry James Henry James’ Daisy Miller and The Beast in the Jungle are great tragedies in that they both share the theme of failed ambitions and wasted time and lives. Winterbourne spends most of his time determining whether or not Daisy is truly innocent and in ultimately making up his mind, kills her. John Marcher is so afraid of a single catastrophic event supposedly lying in wait for him that he wastes his better years, essentially throwing his…

were good, but as he delved deeper into the hole, he suddenly realized that he had helped kill hundreds. In The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Alden Pyle’s character proves to play a vital role in promoting the central theme of the novel, moral ambiguity. The narrative’s title stays true in describing this young American’s personality as being docile, preserved, introverted, and most of all quiet towards the beginning of the novel. But as time progresses, or rather, regresses as the story is…

language anxiety, gender, age, extroversion, introversion, empathy, risk taking, and so on. Given the importance of WTC and ambiguity tolerance as well as oral proficiency in the context of EFL, and the significance of autonomy in this regard, the present study aims at investigating the relationship between learners' WTC and their oral proficiency in the light of ambiguity tolerance and autonomy. 1.2. Statement of the Problem Considering that individuals̕ WTC is affected by a number of factors…