Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences) ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 135-138.

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A Cognitive Analysis on English Structural Ambiguity

  

  1. (1.Department of College English,Jishou University,Jishou,Hunan 416000,China;2.Foreign Studies College,Hunan Normal University,Changsha,Hunan  410081,China )
  • Online:2008-11-15 Published:2012-05-08

Abstract: This paper analyzes English structural ambiguity in cognitive perspective with figure-ground theory.The research aims to examine the cognitive cause of ambiguity,thus supplying a new perspective for the explanation of structural ambiguity.

Key words: structural ambiguity, figure-ground theory, cognitive

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