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Ambiguity

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Semantics
Grammar, Comparative and general

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  • A barber standing outside his shop confuses a passer-by with an ambiguously worded notice. Etching by R.W. Smart and aquatint by G. Hunt after W.H. Pyne.

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    A barber standing outside his shop confuses a passer-by with an ambiguously worded notice. Etching by R.W. Smart and aquatint by G. Hunt after W.H. Pyne.

    Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769-1843. | Date: 1 August 1822 | Reference: 29614i
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    The Stoics on ambiguity / Catherine Atherton.

    Atherton, Catherine. | Date: 1993
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    Galen on language and ambiguity : an English translation of Galen's "De captionibus (On fallacies)" with introduction, text, and commentary / by Robert Blair Edlow.

    Pseudo-Galenus. | Date: 1977
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    Ambiguity and the absolute : Nietzsche and Merleau-Ponty on the question of truth / Frank Chouraqui.

    Chouraqui, Frank. | Date: 2014

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