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Syntactic ambiguity - Wikipedia
Syntactic ambiguity, also known as structural ambiguity, amphiboly, or amphibology, is characterized by the potential for a sentence to yield multiple ...
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Amphiboly | logical fallacy - Britannica
Amphiboly occurs when the grammar of a statement is such that several distinct meanings can obtain.
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AMPHIBOLY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of AMPHIBOLY is amphibology.
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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...
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The Fallacy of Amphiboly and the Art of Ambiguity
The primary cause of amphiboly is due to poor sentence structure, grammar, and their relation to our concepts.
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What Is Amphiboly? | Definition & Examples - QuillBot
Amphiboly refers to ambiguity in language that arises from unclear grammar, allowing a phrase or sentence to be interpreted in multiple ways.
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amphibole
▪ I. amphibole1 (ˈæmfɪbəʊl) [a. Fr. amphibole, 1. adj. ‘ambiguous, of a double sense’ (Cotgr. 1611), 2. the mineral; ad. L. amphibol-um ambiguous, a. Gr. ἀµϕίβολ-ον thrown or hitting on both sides, ambiguous, f. ἀµϕί on both sides + βολ-, βαλ- stem of βάλλ-ειν to throw.] † 1. An ambiguity; = amphibo...
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What is the difference between equivocation and amphiboly? - Quora
Amphiboly occurs when one word has a loose meaning and is used to try to convert said premises into a conclusion, when in fact, the argument is ...
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Amphiboly in Grammar and Logic - ThoughtCo
Amphiboly is a fallacy of relevance that relies on an ambiguous word or grammatical structure to confuse or mislead an audience.
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AMPHIBOLY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Amphiboly definition: ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, ...
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amphiboly - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Old French amphibolie, from Latin amphibolia, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”). Pronunciation. edit. (UK) IPA ...
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Fallacy
Groucho Marx used fallacies of amphiboly, for instance, to make ironic statements; Gary Larson and Scott Adams employed fallacious reasoning in many of
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amphibolic
amphibolic, a. rare. (ˌæmfɪˈbɒlɪk) [f. amphibole + -ic. Cf. symbolic.] 1. Of the nature of amphiboly; ambiguous, equivocal.1873 Daily News 11 Aug., I turn from this amphibolic pleading to a more succinct opinion. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 621 A variably long period of irresolution with irregula...
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Informal fallacy
Traditionally, a great number of informal fallacies have been identified, including the fallacy of equivocation, the fallacy of amphiboly, the fallacies Traditionally, a great number of informal fallacies have been listed, including the fallacy of equivocation, the fallacy of amphiboly, the fallacies of
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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. ...
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