21. Instructions: For each sentence, please describe what the different interpretations of the sentence are and what type of ambiguity is in each (lexical or syntactic).Statement : The girl slapped the man with the brochure.Pick a choice below and explain the two possible interpretations.Syntactic ambiguityLexical ambiguity
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- Instructions: For each sentence, please describe what the different interpretations of the sentence are and what type of ambiguity is in each (lexical or syntactic).Statement : The girl slapped the man with the brochure.Pick a choice below and explain the two possible interpretations.Syntactic ambiguityLexical ambiguity
Solution
The sentence "The girl slapped the man with the brochure" has syntactic ambiguity. This means that the sentence structure allows for more than one interpretation.
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The first interpretation could be that the girl used the brochure to slap the man. In this case, "with the brochure" is modifying the verb "slapped," indicating the method the girl used to slap the man.
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The second interpretation could be that the girl slapped a man who was holding a brochure. Here, "with the brochure" is modifying "the man," describing which man the girl slapped.
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