When we use language, it seems so easy to understand what other people are saying that it is hard to appreciate the complexity of the act of carrying on a conversation. Obviously, we miscommunicate at ...

Death can be a harsh shock, as someone is ripped from us and is no longer present in our lives. It has a finality to it - that's part of the shock and much of the pain. But it is real and concrete.

Ambiguity simply means lack of clarity in construction - written or spoken. This occurs when there are two or more meanings in a passage. Ambiguity is of two basic types: Syntactic Ambiguity and ...