Re: Ambiguity Revisited

On Mar 30, 5:36 pm, really real <reallyr...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

The movie, also called Let Him Have It ( I think)

:) How was the title stressed?

shows the problem
clearly. The cop heard the stress patterns but interpreted it
differently than Bentley meant it.

How do you know how Bentley meant it?

The ambiguity came from the situation.

Yes.


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