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    Kafka's Ambiguity

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    This need to submit to Kafka’s ambiguity can best be seen in a scene in the same introductory chapter of the initial court session. After K. is informed by phone of his first hearing‚ Kafka explains‚ “Of course he was required to appear; they presumed it was not really necessary to point that out. He was given the number of the building in which he was to appear: it was a building on a street in a distant district K. had never been to before (Kafka‚ 36). Just as the phone call had introduced an ambiguous

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    The Ambiguity Of Goodman

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    taking place‚ or whether it is a dream. The ambiguity serves as something for the readers to think about deeply‚ and see how this has affected. The ambiguity serves as a guide to how spiritual beliefs affect different people differently. The attitude the story expresses towards the church of Puritan New England is evil or bad. As Goodman says in the story‚ “I have been well acquainted with your family as with ever a one

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    Lexical Ambiguity

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    Lexical Ambiguity “What you see is what you believe on the basis of what you have conditioned yourself to accept. Your negative will be someone’s positive.” – Pushkar Shinde I’m always told since time immemorial that I have to speak and express myself because I have something to say but being an English major brought me in a point of realization wherein I learned how hard it is to be entirely understood. As my professor had always told me‚ meanings are in people‚ not in words.

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    Holihan Smith February 18‚ 2009 The Poisonwood Bible: Exposing Cultural Arrogance Through Narration & Character Analysis In the year 1959 Nathan Price‚ a Baptist minister from the heart of the southern United States‚ volunteers himself along with his wife and four daughters to travel into the heart of the treacherous African Congo on a mission to convert non-Christian natives of the small village‚ Kilanga. From the beginning of The Poisonwood Bible‚ a novel by author Barbara Kingsolver the

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    Ambiguity in Translation

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    THE PROJECT OF ambiguity in translation PROFESSOR : DR jabbari STUDENT: SAEID JEDI In the name of the most compassionate Abstract This paper deals with translation ambiguity and target polysemy problems together. many Words have more than one translation across languages. Such translation ambiguous words are generally translated more slowly and less Accurately than their unambiguous counterparts. Additionally‚ there are multiple source of translation ambiguity including within language

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    communication ambiguity

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    Communication Ambiguity 学号 201101294 姓名 刘仕途 学院 国际贸易学院 专业 国际贸易 Communication Ambiguity As a practical communication tool‚ English and all the other languages have ambiguous situation causing misunderstanding. Kess‚ F. J. and Hoppe‚ A. R. said in their book Ambiguity in Psycholinguistics that “Upon careful consideration‚ one cannot but be amazed at the ubiquity of ambiguity in language.” Ambiguity often caused

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    Ambiguity In Othello

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    Throughout act three of Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the conflict between opposing characters unfolds a complex set of emotions revealing the concept of the lesser “other” to the audience. Shakespeare does not explicitly state that Othello is an “other”‚ but references to his culture and ethnicity implies that Othello‚ while highly respected‚ is still of inferiority is some regards. The idea that Othello is inferior to his peers is rather ambiguous and can vary among interpretations. To kick start the

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    Kant's Ambiguity

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    most of society does not react this way. For instance‚ one respondent did believe the task was far too tedious‚ time-wasting‚ and was frustrated by having to sit and think about something that seemed virtually impossible to define. Many fear the ambiguity of life’s unanswerable questions but that is why there is courage in order to accept it and move from the suffering portion of the depth as well as break back onto the surface with a new perspective. Without this‚ some may remain in the depth or

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    Ambiguity Of Grievance

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    Upon reviewing the policy there is some ambiguity around the transfer process and who it states is responsible for transfers at each level of supervision in the department. Chief Scott is the approving authority for all intra-divisional transfers‚ the bureau commanders are approving authority for

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    Ambiguity in O'Connor

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    Ambiguity in ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find ’ In most short stories ambiguity is used to some extent. The level of ambiguity in each story varies‚ however the importance and value of that vagueness does not. Ambiguity often leads to elevating the thought put into reading the text‚ as well as numerous interpretations. In Flannery O ’Connor ’s short story‚ ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find ’‚ the ambiguous theme causes both deeper thought and different opinions about the text. Through the characters

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