SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY
Charles François (2004). SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2990.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2990 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
Any problem of meaning interpretation arising from imprecise use of interconnections between semantic units in a semantic net.
E. BUCHBERGER gives the following example:
- “I see the man with the hat”
- “I see the man with the binoculars”
Only the semantic or the observed context would suppress the ambiguity of the second sentence. For another type of ambiguity, see “semantic unit” (1987)