Ambiguity 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageChild language acquisitionA2/A-levelAQA Created by: AteebaCreated on: 08-12-13 16:38 How many different ways can you say 'Dan walk home' Dan walked home, Dan walk home, Dan will walk home, Dan is walking home 1 of 7 2 things missing that makes it ambiguous Inflections and Auxiliary verbs 2 of 7 Ambiguity in the two-word stage The scope for the ambiguity at the two word stage arises because of the omission of inflectional affixes 3 of 7 Ambiguity is also created because of missing auxiliary verbs 4 of 7 What are commonly absent? The possessive and plural ‘s’ and past tense ‘ed’ are absent 5 of 7 Example: possessive ‘s’ They therefore omit the possessive ‘s’ - Jamie’s juice 6 of 7 Plurals ‘s’ children say ‘two duck’ and two cow’ 7 of 7
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