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OverviewBroad ranging and authoritative, this series incorporates major new work in all areas of linguistics. Ambiguity is widespread in the language of literature. This book explains and examines the meaning of the term and analyses the use of ambiguous words in poetry, in particular through the use of examples in the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. It examines definitions of literary ambiguity and presents a re-definition through a semantic-pragmatic approach, emphasising the importance of context and interaction between reader and text. It also differentiates ambiguity from its cognates of double meaning, multiple meaning, indeteminacy, vagueness and obscurity. It explores the sources of lexical ambiguity ranging from the metaphor to lexical innovation and referential uncertainty, examines the value of lexical ambiguity by showing how ambiguous words are related to ambiguity in poems as a whole. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Soon Peng SuPublisher: Pearson Education Limited Imprint: Longman Dimensions: Width: 21.70cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 13.80cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9780582101142ISBN 10: 058210114 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 06 December 1993 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9780582101166 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsIntroduction Aim and scope Ambiguity in poetry: a critical survey. The status of ambiguity in poetry. Some definitions of literary ambiguity Organisation of chapters Notes. Towards a re-definition of ambiguity Clarifying some essential terms Meaning, and significance Lexical ambiguity . Some useful related notions. Type-token distinction. Actual and potential ambiguity. Context, reader and relevance. A semantic-pragmatic approach to ambiguity. Distinctions between semantics and pragmatics. A semantic approach to ambiguity. Sense relations. A pragmatic approach to ambiguity. Implicature and the cooperative principle. The notion of relevance. A Re-definition of ambiguity. The role of context in ambiguity. The importance of context in a study of ambiguity. Linguistic views on context. Literary views on context. The Nature of context. Coherence and relevance. Context and reader. Context and ambiguity in the poetic text. Context and ambiguity. Text and context. The role of reader in ambiguity Reader-response criticism The reader and ambiguity Subjectivity and the status of the reader Interaction between reader and text Type-reading and token-reading Conclusion Notes. Ambiguity and cognate phenomena Double or multiple meaning Indeterminacy Vagueness Obscurity Pun Conclusion Notes. Sources of lexical ambiguity Metaphors Other figures Metonymy Symbolism Allegory Paradox Irony Lexical innovation Compounding Derivation Referential uncertainty Conclusion Notes. Conclusion Micro-ambiguity and macro-ambiguity The poetic value of lexical ambiguity Some final remarks. References. Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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