Linguistic Ambiguity: An Overview
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2017-11-10
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES] El presente TFM es un estudio teórico sobre la ambigüedad lingüística que intenta analizar sucintamente sus tipos y los trabajos e investigadores que han abordado este tema. En un intento de demostrar lo interesantes, a la par que engañosas, que pueden ser las palabras ambiguas se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de la obra de Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest, identificando y explicando algunos de los dobles sentidos encontrados en ella. Además, se incluyen observaciones sobre el papel de la ambigüedad en el aprendizaje de un idioma extranjero y una propuesta práctica que podría ser llevada a cabo en un futuro con el fin de comprobar si los estudiantes españoles de inglés son capaces de identificar palabras y oraciones ambiguas y el modo en que resuelven la ambigüedad en el lenguaje escrito.
[EN] The present MD is a theoretical study of linguistic ambiguity which tries to make a concise analysis of its types and the most remarkable works and scholars that have focused on this topic. In an attempt to prove how interesting as well as deceiving ambiguous words and sentences can be, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest has been analysed by means of the identification and explanation of some of the double senses found in the play. In addition, a comment on how foreign language students approach ambiguous words in English is included together with the proposal of an experiment that could be implemented in the future in order to see whether Spanish learners of English can identify ambiguous words and sentences and how they resolve ambiguity in written language.
[EN] The present MD is a theoretical study of linguistic ambiguity which tries to make a concise analysis of its types and the most remarkable works and scholars that have focused on this topic. In an attempt to prove how interesting as well as deceiving ambiguous words and sentences can be, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest has been analysed by means of the identification and explanation of some of the double senses found in the play. In addition, a comment on how foreign language students approach ambiguous words in English is included together with the proposal of an experiment that could be implemented in the future in order to see whether Spanish learners of English can identify ambiguous words and sentences and how they resolve ambiguity in written language.