Case management (CM) is an integrated care strategy, characterised by a set of actions to support person-centred planning, coordination of health and social services. Decades of CM, organisational psychology and occupational research highlight how vagueness and ambiguity in role communication can ...
2.This paper aims at confirming the positive signifi- cance of pragmatic vagueness in verbal communication and revealing some specific advantages of this phenome.语用含糊是日常言语交际中的普遍现象,对这种现象进行研究是有必要的。 3.This article deals with the definition,the formation of the vagueness...
AMBIGUITY (Am-big-u-i-ty) is the property of being ambiguous, where a word, term, notation, sign, symbol, phrase, sentence, or any other form used for communication, is called ambiguous if it can be interpreted in more than one way. Ambiguity is distinct from vagueness, whic...
This kind of ambiguity and vagueness are closely connected. Because the interpretation of written documents and spoken agreements is sometimes of utmost significance, linguistic ambiguity can be an issue in the legal system. Lexical Ambiguity
The state of being vague and unclear “Ambiguityis as present in science as they are in most things.” Noun ▲ The state of being uncertain “There was, no doubt, anambiguityin his approach, as he pursued the interests of his family and of the state.” ...
this paper is to argue, to the contrary, that the highly ambiguous character of natural languages is surprising, and that the very existence of ambiguity calls for an explanation. Section 1 clarifies what we mean by ambiguity, discussing the distinction between vagueness and ambiguity. We go on...
One approach is to use clear and concise language, avoiding unnecessary complexity or vagueness. Another strategy is to carefully consider the placement of modifiers and pronouns within a sentence, ensuring that their referents are unambiguous. Additionally, writers can use parallel structure and ...
And conversely, how do speakers and hearers use ambiguity and vagueness to achieve a specific goal? Comprehensive answers to these questions are provided from different fields which focus on the study of language, in particular, linguistics, literary criticism, rhetoric, psycholinguistics, theology, ...
Ambiguity and metaphor We often consider semantic-pragmatic properties of language independently of each other. In actual texts, however, the properties frequently interact. For ... Bailin,Alan - 《Semiotica》 被引量: 4发表: 2008年 A philosophical inquiry into ambiguity, vagueness and metaphor in...
This paper aims at confirming the positive signifi- cance ofpragmatic vaguenessin verbal communication and revealing some specific advantages of this phenome. 语用含糊是日常言语交际中的普遍现象,对这种现象进行研究是有必要的。 3. This article deals with the definition,the formation of the vagueness,the...