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Lexical ambiguity is the presence of two or more possible meanings for a single word. It's also called semantic ambiguity or homonymy. It differs from syntactic ambiguity, which is the presence of two or more possible meanings within a sentence or sequence of words.
Lexical ambiguity or semantic ambiguity is a term that describes instances of language where a word can mean multiple incompatible things; a writing error that occurs when a sentence contains a...
3.1 Lexical Ambiguity. The lexicon contains entries that are homophonous, or even co-spelled, but differ in meanings and even syntactic categories. ‘Duck’ is both a verb and a noun as is ‘cover’. ‘Bat’ is a noun with two different meanings and a verb with at least one meaning.
Two types of lexical ambiguity are traditionally distinguished: polysemy (one word with multiple senses) vs. homonymy (different words that happen to sound the same). Both cases involve an ambiguous word form; the difference lies in how the information is organized in the speaker’s mental lexicon.
Lexical ambiguity happens when a word has more than one meaning, causing a word or phrase to be interpreted differently from how the speaker or writer intended. It typically occurs when the reader or listener doesn’t have the same context as the writer or speaker.
This chapter on lexical ambiguity examines how words with multiple meanings are learned, stored, and processed. Lexical ambiguity is ubiquitous: over 80% of common English words have more than one dictionary entry, with some words having very many different definitions.
Lexical ambiguity is an ambiguity that is caused by the multiple meanings of a word. What is an example of lexical ambiguity? An example of lexical ambiguity is metal - 'a substance' or 'a music genre'.
Chapter on 'Lexical Ambiguity' to be included in Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics. Eds M.G. Gaskell & S-A Rueschemeyer. Includes sections on how ambiguous words are learned and processed,...
Lexical ambiguity refers to the phenomenon where a single word or phrase has multiple meanings or interpretations. This can lead to confusion and misunderstandings in communication, as the context in which the word is used often determines which meaning is intended.
A lexical ambiguity, or homonym, is a string of sounds (in spoken language) or a string of characters (in written language) that corresponds to more than one word and/or meaning. Homophones sound the same, but may be spelled differently (e.g., I, eye, aye).