Su, Soon Peng. 　著

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Acknowledgements Introduction Aim and scope Ambiguity in poetry: acritical survey The status of ambiguity in poetry Some definitions ofliterary ambiguity Organisation of chapters Notes. Towards are-definition of ambiguity Clarifying some essential terms Meaning, and'significance' 'Lexical ambiguity' Some useful related notionsType-token distinction Actual and potential ambiguity Context, readerand relevance Notes. A semantic-pragmatic approach to ambiguityDistinctions between semantics and pragmatics A semantic approach toambiguity Sense relations A pragmatic approach to ambiguity Implicatureand the cooperative principle The notion of relevance A Re-definitionof ambiguity Notes. The role of context in ambiguity The importance ofcontext in a study of ambiguity Linguistic views on context Literaryviews on context The Nature of context Coherence and relevance Contextand reader Context and ambiguity in the poetic text Context andambiguit Text and context Conclusion Notes. The role of reader inambiguity Reader-response criticism The reader and ambiguitySubjectivity and the status of the reader Interaction between readerand text Type-reading and token-reading Conclusion Notes. Ambiguity andcognate phenomena Double or multiple meaning Indeterminacy VaguenessObscurity Pun Conclusion Notes. Sources of lexical ambiguity MetaphorsOther figures Metonymy Symbolism Allegory Paradox Irony Lexicalinnovation Compounding Derivation Referential uncertainty ConclusionNotes. Conclusion Micro-ambiguity and macro-ambiguity The poetic valueof lexical ambiguity Some final remarks. References. Index.