Humaniora
Vol 2, No 1 (2011): Humaniora

Students’ Understanding of Ambiguous Sentences in Websites

Dennis, Dennis (Unknown)
Dewi, Ienneke Indra (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2011

Abstract

Article intended to find out the most frequent ambiguity that could be found in the sentences and the intended meaning. Data were taken from Kaskus and Facebook web sites, and then tests were given to students who had learned syntax and semantics to know their ability in noticing ambiguous sentences. The results show that there are among 13 sentences or phrases, 12 of them are lexically ambiguous and 1 sentence is structurally ambiguous. From the result, it can be concluded that there are many people making an ambiguous sentence without realizing it. 

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Humaniora
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Abbrev

Humaniora

Publisher

Universitas Bina Nusantara

Subject

Humanities

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The journal invites professionals in the world of education, research, and entrepreneurship to participate in disseminating ideas, concepts, new theories, or science development in the field of Language, Culture, Visual Communication Design, Interior and Furniture Design, Character Building, Law, ...