tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780015459752487466.post1475438323581162051..comments2023-09-25T08:59:22.600-04:00Comments on Descriptively Adequate: rocketboom gets linguisticEd Cormanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832549055517378348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780015459752487466.post-3447687038504779962007-09-21T14:08:00.000-04:002007-09-21T14:08:00.000-04:00@pc: oh yes, i couldn't possibly forget that illum...@pc: oh yes, i couldn't possibly forget that illuminating diagram. i still can't believe that got published.<BR/><BR/>@ab: it's true that <I>telescope</I> can be both a verb and a noun, but in both of the examples given it is in fact a noun. in the one interpretation it is an instrument related to the verb, in the other it is not. you're right about the fact the barn could have fallen too; i guess my problem was that because of the artistic quality i couldn't even tell that the horse had fallen.Ed Cormanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832549055517378348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780015459752487466.post-56160428779021521892007-09-20T22:00:00.000-04:002007-09-20T22:00:00.000-04:00Lexical ambiguity arises when context is insuffici...Lexical ambiguity arises when context is insufficient to determine the sense of a single word that has more than one meaning. The word "telescope" is also a verb and it's unclear whether or not the girl or woman was using a telescope to do the seeing, or if the seeing was done with a condensing or conflating effect. Furthermore, the picture is correct because the state of the barn is not clear from the sentence but it is clear from the picture. Just because the horse fell (you can tell from looking), doesnt mean the barn hasnt fallen also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780015459752487466.post-6402198278116672812007-09-20T20:23:00.000-04:002007-09-20T20:23:00.000-04:00Haha. Well, if LL does post on it, at least *I* wi...Haha. Well, if LL does post on it, at least *I* will have heard it here first. This reminds me of "the object of study in linguistics" from the Poole book. 'Member? How's Cornell?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com