UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES: THE ENIGMATIC CAUSES AND INTRIGUING FORMS OF AMBIGUITY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES

Abstract

This paper aims at studying how precisely the phenomenon of ambiguity, which is a widespread yet mostly unnoticed component of language, functions. It can make expressions more versatile, provide several meanings that make literature pieces even deeper, or it can complicate communication and, in some cases, create misunderstandings. The present work focuses on the doubts and vagueness that exist in the English language, the reasons behind and different types of which are described here, ranging from lexical to pragmatic. In accomplishing this, the study on context, syntax, and semantics shall seek to reveal the manner in which ambiguity functions in language and reveal how it can be managed in different communicative contexts.