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Language is Inherently Ambiguous

Patterson in Pursuit

English - June 22, 2017 17:24 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MB - ★★★★ - 105 ratings
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Ambiguity is part of language. Words do not have objective definitions; they mean whatever you want them to mean.

You don't hear or see words - you hear sounds and see blobs of color that qualify as "words" by your own conceptual criteria.



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