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An Analysis of Structural Ambiguity in French
| Title: | An Analysis of Structural Ambiguity in French. |
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| Name(s): |
Garcia, Marie-Genevieve Trammell, Robert L., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 1970 | |
| Date Issued: | 1970 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 75 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The purpose of this study is to analyze the structure of certain types of ambiguous French sentences in standard written and spoken French. There are four levels at which ambiguity can occur: at the lexical, surface-structure, underlying-structure, and phonological levels. The emphasis is on structural ambiguity. This study is done by analyzing cases where adjectives, pronouns , verbs and invariable words are responsible for the ambiguities. Ambiguous sentences at the surface-structure level are represented on tree diagrams whereas those at the underlying-structure level have to be explained by deriving the different interpretations from the deep structures underlying different sentences. Clues or methods to eliminate or explain ambiguity are proposed. There is a brief discussion of psychological implications involved in sentence ambiguities and of the relationship between surface and underlying structure in linguistics and psychology. The analysis of structural ambiguity also reveals some pedagogical applications in the teaching of foreign languages. Examples are given to show how teachers could make use of ambiguous sentences to improve the students' comprehension of the target language. This analysis shows native speakers or students of French how the language functions when it manifests certain patterns which are conducive to ambiguity. | |
| Identifier: | FA00000916 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1970. | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): | Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters | |
| Subject(s): | French language. | |
| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000916 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
