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Are vagueness and ambiguity weakness of language that must be eliminated in the interests of knowledge or can they also be viewed as positive aspects of language?
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Are vagueness and ambiguity weakness of language that must be eliminated in the interests of knowledge or can they also be viewed as positive aspects of language? Vagueness and ambiguity are certainly essential to the discussion of language. The question as to whether vagueness and ambiguity are weaknesses of language and must be eliminated in the interests of knowledge, however, is debatable. Before further discussing, it is important to know what exactly is meant by vagueness and ambiguity. Upon looking up the word 'vagueness' in a dictionary, one would most likely come across the definition "not clear in meaning or application". Ambiguity has a similar definition and is in fact listed as a synonym of vagueness. Defined as "an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context", ambiguity is often associated with something that may have more than one meaning; writers are often ambiguous in literature, therefore leaving room for...
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