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Vagueness, ambiguity, and all the rest : linguistic and pragmatic approaches

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"This book aims to address a gap in the existing literature on the relationship between vagueness and ambiguity, as well as on their differences and similarities, both in synchrony and diachrony, also taking into consideration their relation to language use. The book is divided into two parts, which address specific and broader research questions from different perspectives. The former part examines the differences between ambiguity and vagueness from a bird-eye perspective, with a particular focus on their respective functions and roles in language change. It also presents innovative linguistic resources and tools for the study of these phenomena. The second part contains case studies on vagueness and ambiguity in language change and use. It considers different strategies and languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Medieval Latin, and Old Italian. The readership for this volume is broad, encompassing academics and researchers in a range of disciplines, including pragmatics, spoken discourse, conversation analysis, discourse genres (political, commercial, notarial discourse), corpus studies, language change, pragmaticalization, and language typology"-- Provided by publisher.

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Introduction: How vague and ambiguous are vagueness and ambiguity? / Ilaria Fiorentini & Chiara Zanchi -- Vagueness and ambiguity: theory and methods. The role of ambiguity and vagueness in language change / Elisabetta Magni -- The role of ambiguity in intentional vagueness / Miriam Voghera -- Vagueness and ambiguity are very different (persuasion devices) / Claudia Coppola, Giorgia Mannaioli & Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri -- Ambiguity in discourse: the Tübingen Interdisciplinary Corpus of Ambiguity Phenomena / Asya Achimova, Maren Ebert-Rohleder, Lorenz Geiger, Lea Hofmaier, Joel Klenk, Thalia Vollstedt & Angelika Zirker -- Vagueness and ambiguity in language change and use. Vagueness and ambiguity of voice markers: synchrony and diachrony / Riccardo Giomi & Guglielmo Inglese -- Vague stuff: cose as a general extender from Latin to Italian / Ilaria Fiorentini & Chiara Zanchi -- Vagueness explored: the role of comment clauses / Maria Cristina Lo Baido -- Using ambiguity and vagueness to avoid problematic answers: the case of Italian abbastanza / Alessandra Barotto -- Vagueness and ambiguity of perlocutionary effects in Prime Minister's Question time sessions / Milica Radulović -- Place names in legal texts: vagueness and ambiguity in the Italian Medieval Lombard kingdoms / Elisa D'Argenio & Chiara Ghezzi.

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