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amphibology
amphibology (ˌæmfɪˈbɒlədʒɪ) [a. Fr. amphibologie, ad. late L. amphibologia (Isidore), for earlier amphibolia (Cic.), a. Gr. ἀµϕιβολία ambiguity, with the ending -logia, Gr. -λογία speech, by form-assoc. with tautologia, etc. Also found in the Latin form.] 1. = amphiboly 1.c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iv. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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amphibological
amphibological, a. (æmˌfɪbəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) [f. amphibology + -ical; perh. f. Fr. amphibologique 14 c.] Ambiguous: prop. of a sentence or phrase of ambiguous construction; equivocating, quibbling.1577 Holinshed Chron. (1587) III. 1245/2 He that..wrote the amphibologicall epistle for the death of the king.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sophistical Refutations
formal fallacies) and 5 (informal fallacies) of this book are the following: Fallacies in the language or formal fallacies (in dictionem) Equivocation Amphibology wikipedia.org
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amphiboly
amphiboly (æmˈfɪbəlɪ) Also 6–7 -ie. [a. OFr. amphibolie, ad. L. amphibolia, a. Gr. ἀµϕιβολία ambiguity. See amphibole.] 1. Ambiguous discourse; a sentence which may be construed in two distinct senses; a quibble. (See amphibology, which is the earlier and more popular word.)1610 Holland Camden's Bri... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mad Gab
See also Ambiguity Amphibology Double entendre Eggcorn Folk etymology Holorime Ladle Rat Rotten Hut Mairzy Doats Malapropism Mondegreen Same-sounding wikipedia.org
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Conceptismo
The most common means of achieving this are ellipsis, zeugma, amphibology, polysemy, antithesis, equivocation, parody, or puns. wikipedia.org
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Īhām
Applications of this "art of ambiguity" or "amphibology" include texts that can be read as descriptions of earthly or divine love. wikipedia.org
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double-minded
ˈdouble-minded, a. Having two ‘minds’; undecided or wavering in mind. † Also, formerly, having two meanings, an overt and a concealed.1552 Huloet, Dowble mynded, or of many wyttes, altriplex. 1611 Bible Jas. i. 8 A double minded man is vnstable in all his wayes. 1727 H. Herbert tr. Fleury's Eccl. Hi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Equivocation (disambiguation)
measures the amount of information that is contained in a random variable or other unknown quantity, given the knowledge over another random variable Amphibology wikipedia.org
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The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
See also Amphibology Apostrophe Protection Society Scare quotes References External links Book Listing Los Angeles Times article Atlanta Journal wikipedia.org
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歧义句构
歧义句构(amphibology, amphiboly)或歧义结构系指因歧义的文法结构,导致一个句子能以多种不同方式理解的情形。 示例 例一 他是我刚认识的小明的哥哥 可解作「我刚认识的小明」「的哥哥」,或「我刚认识的」「小明的哥哥」。 wikipedia.org
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Daniel Featley
A set of Latin verses, written by him in 1606, giving an exposition of Jesuitical amphibology, was prefixed to Henry Mason's New Art of Lying, London, wikipedia.org
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Syntactic ambiguity
Syntactic ambiguity, also called structural ambiguity, amphiboly or amphibology, is a situation where a sentence may be interpreted in more than one way wikipedia.org
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Ton Steine Scherben
Scherben's literal English translation is "Clay Stones Shards"; in German, "Ton" can mean "sound" as well, so the band's name may be considered to be an amphibology wikipedia.org
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Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
See also List of linguistic example sentences Amphibology Antanaclasis Paraprosdokian Perverb Sentence processing Syntactic ambiguity References English wikipedia.org
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