Apr 30, 2018
New favourite example of structural ambiguity:
Nicole, who never [saw a dog and didn’t smile]. Nicole, who [never saw a dog] and didn’t smile.
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity:
Nicole, who never [saw a dog and didn’t smile]. Nicole, who [never saw a dog] and didn’t smile.
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Another entry for the structural ambiguity files.
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My newest favourite example of structural ambiguity is brought to you by Sailor Moon:
Sailor Moon: You can’t eat a dumpling wearing a tuxedo! Tuxedo Mask: *takes bite of dumpling* Tuxedo Mask: *looks into camera* Tuxedo Mask: This dumpling is not wearing a tuxedo.
What is the kind that your book is the first of its?
Today in Linguists Utter Weird Sentences
Answer: first textbook/academic book to be written in ASL. There are other ASL books but not in this genre, and there are translations into ASL of technical materials, but this was composed bilingually as a videobook. It’s about how kids acquire sign languages. Here’s a clip from Chapter 3.
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