Citations with the tag: AMBIGUITY
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- DELIBERATE AMBIGUITY IN THE PSALTER.
Raabe, Paul R. // Journal of Biblical Literature; Summer91, Vol. 110 Issue 2, p213Discusses the deliberate ambiguity in the book of Psalms. Types of ambiguity found in the book; Factors that influence a reader's choice in relation to possibilities in the interpretation of the Psalm.
- THE PREFACE.
Raabe, Paul R. // Works of Thomas Campion; 1909, p192The article offers the author's insights regarding the ambiguity of the word "note" in music.
- HOW DO WE LOVE THIS, LET ME COUNT THE WAYS: ATTRIBUTE AMBIGUITY, AND THE POSITIVITY EFFECT IN AGENT EVALUATION.
Mukherjee, Ashesh; Gershoff, Andrew; Mukkhopadhyay, Anirban // Advances in Consumer Research - Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedi; 2006, Vol. 7, p286An abstract of the article "How Do We Love This, Let Me Count the Ways: Attribute Ambiguity, and the Positivity Effect in Agent Evaluation," by Ashesh Mukherjee, Andrew Gershoff and Anirban Mukkhopadhyay is presented.
- Unsettling questions about semantic ambiguity in connectionist models: Comment on Joordens and...
Masson, Michael E.J.; Borowsky, Ron // Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory & Cognition; Mar1995, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p509Discusses the connectionist model developed by Joordens and Besner which attempts to simulate a semantic ambiguity advantage in lexical decision. Question of validity of ambiguity advantage; Alternative methods of simulating lexical decisions; Need for further empirical studies to test the model.
- Prior's analytic revised.
Slater, B.H. // Analysis; Jan2001, Vol. 61 Issue 1, p86Focuses on the solution of certain logico-semantic paradoxes in terms of ambiguity. Formulation of propositional quantification; Ineffability caused by the expressive limits of a given language.
- The influence of global discourse on lexical ambiguity resolution.
Hoang Vu; Kellas, George // Memory & Cognition; Mar2000, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p236Examines the influence of global discourse on the resolution of lexical ambiguity in a series of naming experiments. Construction of two-sentence passages to bias either the dominant or the subordinate meaning of a homonym that was embedded in a locally ambiguous sentence; Immediate resolution...
- Semantic ambiguity effects in word identification.
Borowsky, Ron; Masson, Michael E.J. // Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory & Cognition; Jan1996, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p63Discusses the results of a study on the influence of semantic ambiguity on word identification processes. Presence of an ambiguity advantage in lexical decision when orthographically legal nonwords were used; Lack of ambiguity effect in lexical decision when orthographically illegal nonwords...
- Leadership is an ambiguous environment.
Gaunt, Kevin // New Zealand Management; Nov2007, Vol. 54 Issue 10, p71The article presents questions and answers related to leadership including how to handle ambiguity effectively and the ways of ensuring a presentation is effective.
- DEPT. OF CORRECTION AND AMPLIFICATION.
Metcalf, John W. // New Yorker; 4/3/1965, Vol. 41 Issue 7, p113No abstract available.
- Queer Pandarus? Silence and Sexual Ambiguity in Chaucer's trrolus and Criseyde.
Pugh, Tison // Philological Quarterly; Winter2001, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p17No abstract available.
- Embracing Ambiguity: Transpersonal Development and the Phenomenological Tradition.
Todres, Leslie A. // Journal of Religion & Health; Sep2000, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p227This article offers a perspective on transpersonal development that has been inspired by the phenomenological tradition. This philosophical movement as exemplified by Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty may provide a non-dualistic vision in which human beings participate in both development...
- Browning's Grammarian: Accents Uncertain?
Nuttall, A. D. // Essays in Criticism; Jan2001, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p86Comments on the pros and cons of ambiguity in poetry. Importance to literary criticism; Sample verses that exhibit ambiguity; Theoretical significance.
- The Ambiguous Embrace (Book Review).
Roberts, Raymond Rohrer // Christian Century; 11/01/2000, Vol. 117 Issue 30, p1130Reviews the book `The Ambiguous Embrace: Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies,' by Charles Leslie Glenn.
- Book reviews.
Poulton, M. Cody // Pacific Affairs; Winter92/93, Vol. 65 Issue 4, p572Reviews the book `Legacies and Ambiguities: Postwar Fiction and Culture in West Germany and Japan,' edited by Ernestine Schlant and J. Thomas Rimer.
- Leading Up the Lexical Garden Path: Segmentation and Ambiguity in Spoken Word Recognition.
Davis, Matthew H.; Marslen-Wilson, William D.; Gaskell, M. Gareth // Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception & Performan; Feb2002, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p244Examines the segmentation and ambiguity in spoken word recognition. Role of acoustic differences in embedded syllables on perceptual system; Use of gating and cross-modal priming to measure the time course of connected speech; Comparison of sentences containing short words with matched sequences.
- Time runs out for magazine with a mission...
Charles, Dan // New Scientist; 8/22/92, Vol. 135 Issue 1835, p8Reports that `Znanije-Sila,' or `Knowledge is Power,' the most ambitious and influential magazine of popular science in Russia, stands on the brink of oblivion. Its peak circulation; Present circulation; The magazine introduced Russian readers to science fiction.
- Funding for school choices based on faith?
Teicher,, Stacy A. // Christian Science Monitor; 3/21/2000, Vol. 92 Issue 82, p18Reviews the book `The Ambiguous Embrace: Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies,' by Charles Glenn.
- Book reviews.
Stevenson, W. Taylor // Anglican Theological Review; Summer91, Vol. 73 Issue 3, p339Reviews the book `Plurality and Ambiguity,' by David Tracy.
- The Ambiguity of Taste (Book Review).
Adamson, Melitta Weiss // Monatshefte; Spring97, Vol. 89 Issue 1, p98Reviews the book 'The Ambiguity of Taste: Freedom and Food in European Romanticism,' by Jocelyne Kolb.
- The Impact of National Environment on Managerial Value Systems: A Comparative Study of Chinese Managers in the United States, Singapore and the People's Republic of China.
Tan, Benjamin // Management International Review (MIR); 2002 4th quarter, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p473� This study examines the impact of national environment on managerial value systems by comparing representative samples of Chinese managers in the United States, Singapore and the People's Republic of China. � Two measures of managerial values are used. The dimensions of Western measures...
- CONSTRUING BROWN'S WIELAND: AMBIGUITY AND DERRIDEAN 'FREEPLAY'
Kreyling, Michael // Studies in the Novel; Spring82, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p43Analyzes the ambiguity of theme and structure in Charles Brockden Brown's novel 'Wieland.' Critical interpretation of the theme of ambiguity; Interpretation of the nature of ambiguity in language and literature by critics Jacques Derrida; Derrida's concept of freeplay; Applicability of the...
- We Can Live With Ambiguity.
Silver, Daniel Jeremy // Judaism; Summer83, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p296Focuses on the issue of ambiguity. Definition of loyalty; Increase on tension between Washington and Jerusalem; Commitment of the American Jews on religious principle.
- Letters to the Editor.
Jarvis, Maxwell // Educational Leadership; Feb1958, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p329Presents a letter to the editor about the use of ambiguous language in journals.
- Tolerance of ambiguity: A review of the concept, its...
Furnham, Adrian; Ribchester, Tracy // Current Psychology; Fall95, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p179Presents a review of the literature on the tolerance of ambiguity construct (AT). Origin of concept and its application to psychology; Review of correlational research; Evidence on differential distribution of AT; Psychometric properties of self-report AT measures; Organizational and cultural...
- Ambiguity and Synonymy Effects in Lexical Decision, Naming, and Semantic Categorization Tasks: Interactions Between Orthography, Phonology, and Semantics.
Hino, Yasushi; Pexman, Penny M.; Lupker, Stephen J. // Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory & Cognition; Jul2002, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p686Examines the effects of ambiguity and synonymy in lexical decision, naming and semantic categorization tasks. Advantage of the typical ambiguity in lexical decision and naming; Nature of the feedback relationships from semantics to orthography and phonology; Distinctions between ambiguous words...
- Hide or Seek: Factors Influencing Ambiguity Aversion versus Ambiguity Preference.
West, Patricia M.; Broniarczyk, Susan M. // Advances in Consumer Research; 1997, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p123Presents information on factors in consumer research which influence ambiguity. How consumers can seek ambiguity; Examination of influencing consumers' attitude toward ambiguity.
- Processing Ambiguous Verbs: Evidence From Eye Movements.
Pickering, Martin J.; Frisson, Steven // Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory & Cognition; Mar2001, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p556Focuses on the resolution of lexically ambiguous verbs. Theories of lexical ambiguity resolution and processing of verbs; Disambiguating verbs with multiple sense; Interpretation preference; Strength of context.
- Living in an Ambiguous World.
Kreyche, Gerald F. // USA Today Magazine; Nov89, Vol. 118 Issue 2534, p98Focuses on the ambiguous nature of life and the human condition. Definitions given by dictionaries to the word ambiguous; History of the philosophical search for absolute truth; Benefits of acknowledging ambiguity as part of the human condition.
- Ambiguity, discretion, and the sorites.
Sorensen, Roy // Monist; Apr98, Vol. 81 Issue 2, p215Opinion. Studies the accusation against the paradox of vagueness as equivocation, demonstrating that vagueness is not a species of ambiguity. What is equivocation; Terms which people try to explain a mystery; Diagnosing the paradox of vagueness as a fallacy of ambiguity; Criticism of the...
- LEGACIES AND AMBIGUITIES: POSTWAR FICTION AND CULTURE IN WEST GERMANY AND JAPAN.
Despard, Lucy Edwards; Stern, Fritz // Foreign Affairs; Spring92, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p204Reviews the book `Legacies and Ambiguities: Postwar Fiction and Culture in West Germany and Japan,' edited by Ernestine Schlant and J. Thomas Rimer.
- TELL ME A STORY.
Corbeil, Carole // Books in Canada; Jun/Jul90, Vol. 19 Issue 5, p13Focuses on the ambiguities in contemporary children's literature. Perceptions of morality and human flaws; Absence of judgement and tolerance for curiosity; Development of effective communication between parents and children.
- WORDS-WORTH OWNERSHIP.
Corbeil, Carole // Management Today; Nov2003, p20Ambiguity about physical ownership has knocked out the word's stuffing, delivering it to those who prefer their language pliant. Business people now claim ownership of ideas, projects, staff and customers.
- Judged knowledge and ambiguity aversion.
Keppe, Hans-Jurgen; Weber, Martin // Theory & Decision; Jul95, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p51Focuses on understanding the relation between knowledge and ambiguity, which is essential for the study of ambiguity effects in real economic settings. Hypotheses and experimental design; Relation of knowledge to the sum of certainty equivalents; Results for certainty equivalents and decision...
- Editor's Note.
King, Alexander D. // Sibirica: Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies; Summer2012, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p4In this article the author comments on ambiguity in the article "Broken Tongues: Race, Sacrifice, and Geopolitics in the Far East in Vsevolod Ivanov's Bronepoezd No. 14-69," by Roy Chan, which appears in Volume 10, Issue 3 of the journal.
- Shades of gray.
Greilsamer, Marc // Across the Board; May95, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p63Focuses on the Japanese tendency to use ambiguous words to express negative sentiments indirectly.
- Ambiguity and knowledge of content.
Brueckner, Anthony // Analysis; Jul2000, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p257Focuses on ambiguity and knowledge of content by philosopher Sanford C. Goldberg. Analogy between thinkers named Switch and Banco; Concept of water expressing analogy and ambiguity; Analysis on disambiguation; Use of concept-displacement supposition.
- Eye movements and lexical ambiguity resolution: Effects of prior encounter and discourse topic.
Binder, Katherine S.; Morris, Robin K. // Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory & Cognition; Sep95, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p1186Discusses the correlation between eye movement patterns in reading and occurrences of balanced ambiguous words. Manipulation of local and global contexts; Comparison of gaze durations between the two contexts; Length of comprehension according to topical changes.
- RAISED EYEBROWS DEPARTMENT.
Binder, Katherine S.; Morris, Robin K. // New Yorker; 5/16/88, Vol. 64 Issue 13, p74Reveals the double meaning in the Secretaries' Day advertisement on the place mat of the Tidewater Inn in Easton, Maryland.
- Reviews.
Mack-Williams, V. Kibibi // Journal of Social History; Summer94, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p837Reviews the book `Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879,' by Adele Logan Alexander.
- Decrying wolf won't do.
Murchison, William // Human Life Review; Summer97, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p7Comments on feminist spokeperson Naomi Wolf's moral ambiguity. Author's view on Wolf's literary works; How Wolf scandalized the feminists in United States in 1995; Why much attention is paid to her ambiguities; Wolf's family background and its influence on her.
- Embodying Ambiguity (Book Review).
Hart, Gail K. // Monatshefte; Fall2000, Vol. 92 Issue 3, p362Reviews the book 'Embodying Ambiguity: Androgyny and Aesthetics from Winckelmann to Keller,' by Catriona MacLeod.
- Book reviews.
Bynum, Victoria E. // Journal of American History; Dec92, Vol. 79 Issue 3, p1145Reviews the book `Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879,' by Adele Logan Alexander.
- Introduction to Ambiguity in Culture and Literature.
BARTOLONI, Paolo; STEPHENS, Anthony // CLCWeb: Comparative Literature & Culture: A WWWeb Journal; Dec2010, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p1An introduction is presented in which the editors discuss various reports within the issue on topics including a historical perspective on the term ambiguity, interpersonal encounters, and ambidexterity.
- Illusory Control as a Determinant of Ambiguity Seeking.
Liang Song; Yih Hwai Lee // Advances in Consumer Research; 2011, Vol. 39, p787An abstract of the article "Illusory Control as a Determinant of Ambiguity Seeking," by Liang Song and Yih Hwai Lee is presented.
- Reviews.
Lee, A. Robert // Notes & Queries; Sep98, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p398Reviews the book `Pierre, or The Ambiguities. The Kraken Edition,' by Herman Melville and edited by Hershel Parker.
- UPDIKE'S IDEA OF REIFICATION.
Doody, Terrence A. // Contemporary Literature; Spring79, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p204Focuses on the principal themes on the novel of John Updike entitled 'A Month of Sundays'. Explanations on the psychological source of reification; Correlation between reification and sexuality and fatherhood; Principles on ambiguity.
- Book reviews.
Stevenson, Brenda // Journal of Southern History; May93, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p345Reviews the book `Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879,' by Adele Logan Alexander.
- BRAVE NEW WORLD DEPARTMENT.
Stevenson, Brenda // New Yorker; 4/18/88, Vol. 64 Issue 9, p56Reveals the humorous double meaning in a newspaper advertisement.
- Book reviews: Social Sciences.
Toma, Yan; Wolff, Jessica; Hoffert, Barbara; Bryant, Eric; Williams, Wilda W.; Burns, Ann; Miller, Rebecca; Ward, Nathan; McCormack, Heather // Library Journal; 5/15/1999, Vol. 124 Issue 9, p112Reviews the book `Ambiguous Loss: Learning To Live with Unresolved Grief,' by Pauline Boss.
- Spark gaps.
Hackmann, W.D. // Nature; 3/5/1992, Vol. 356 Issue 6364, p26Reviews the book `The Ambiguous Frog: The Galvani-Volta Controversy on Animal Electricity,' by Marcello Pera, translated by J. Mandelbaum.
