interrupted and then result in ineffective verbal communication. This essay will attempt to discuss vagueness as a form of ineffective communication and how it can be interpreted to a different meaning affecting comprehension by the receiver because of ambiguity‚ illogical flow and abstract language. 1. VAGUENESS In communication vagueness is when someone sends an unclear message with a different concept in mind (thinking or communicating in an unfocused or imprecise way). This inability to communicate
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It is not amphibolous | Question 6 | | 0 / 1 point | Is the sentence “Tiny motors may be big in surgery” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 7 | | 1 / 1 point | When an argument is affected by ambiguity‚ it is unclear whether | | its conclusion is supported by its premises. | | | its premises are supported by its conclusion. | | | its premises and conclusion are supported. | Question 8 | | 0 / 1 point | If an expression is vague
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Chapter 3; third part of 3. VAGUENESS! Another important source of confusion in real life © 2012 McGraw-Hill Higher YOU: Dr. Teacher‚ Dr. Teacher! I missed class! What’s the reading assignment? DR. TEACHER: Read a lot. © 2012 McGraw-Hill Higher 2 “Read a lot????” That’s pretty vague. A statement is too VAGUE when it lacks enough detail for our purposes. A judgment call. But reasonable people agree that “Read a lot” is too vague for a reading assignment. © 2012 McGraw-Hill Higher 3 Which
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submissive roles women played in the 16th century. The play is dreamy and quirky and very sexually ambiguous‚ so much so that it is commonly known as Shakespeare’s gay play. This speaks volumes‚ as many of Shakespeare’s works are laden with sexual ambiguity. The film removes any and all homoeroticism‚ and as well strips the characters of some of the original text which not only “straightens” up the play‚ but unfortunately also strips the characters of some of their depth of emotion‚ removes some of
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working practices‚ employment legislation‚ and culture (Pearn & Kandola‚ 1998). This transition often means change in employees’ roles and relationships thus the need for systematic job analysis procedures such as competence analysis to remove ambiguity and improve role clarity in order to ensure consistency with the new environment. Competence analysis is that part of job analysis that is concerned with functional and behavioral analysis to determine work-based competencies and establish
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both‚ but differs from it in meaning. On the other hand‚ in Arabic‚ there is a general agreement that the homonym is an expression with one enunciation (or form) and more than one meaning. Actually‚ this phenomenon creates lexical and syntactic ambiguity in both languages. Thus‚ it should be studied and examined. In addition‚ homonymy has its own features‚ specifications and forms in each language. Hence‚ this research aims at: 1- investigating homonymy in English and Arabic. 2- making a comparison
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another woman over the screen‚ the way she rolls the stroller on the street. In addition‚ everything is so crystal clear and evident that there is no much need to go back and flip through the story once again to understand the underlining purpose. The ambiguity element is missing in this essay‚ thus makes this work less appealing and less effective on
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English Assignment: James’ use of Ambiguity in Daisy Miller and theme Ambiguity Conveys Theme in James’ Daisy Miller In the novella‚ Daisy Miller by Henry James‚ the complexities of social conventions‚ gender stereotyping and conformity are exposed through the actions and words of the protagonists. Daisy Miller is the young woman who invites a multitude of speculation regarding her personality and behavior. James creates ambiguity around Daisy as an insightful glimpse
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When we read poems‚ we don’t exactly interpret the meaning of it automatically. It takes us a shot‚ or two‚ or three to fully understand the meaning of it or at least have your own interpretation. In the poem In a Station of the Metro‚ written by Ezra Pound‚ one of the themes that are presented is modernization. Nowadays‚ the metro isn’t the place where people want to be because of its lousy appearance‚ the people seem a little odd for others‚ and in other words people don’t like taking it because
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line stated‚ “There was a long pause‚ while they talked up there in the indigo light and after awhile I saw the girl put a Scotch and milk on top of the piano for Sonny.” In a comment written by Keith Byreman in "Words and Music: Narrative Ambiguity in ’Sonny ’s Blues.’"‚ he stated that the Scotch and milk drink is "an emblem of simultaneous destruction and nurture to the system; it cannot be reduced to one or the other. Sonny ’s acceptance of it indicates that he will continue on the edge
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