Types of Ambiguity in Oral and Written Speech in Daily Communication

Abstract

The dissertation is devoted to the phenomenon of ambiguity and its expression through the system of stylistic devices in modern English and Azerbaijani languages. Ambiguity, despite its prevalence and long history of study, still cannot be called a thoroughly studied phenomenon. The phenomenon of ambiguity is considered not only in linguistics, but also in philosophy, literary studies, psychology, psychiatry, econometrics, diplomacy, logic, cognitive science, programming, mathematics, and therefore the term "ambiguity" is used in various fields where the status is defined differently. The phenomenon of ambiguity lies at the heart of the conflict between two fundamental trends in language: the desire to conserve resources creates ambiguity, and the desire for clarity fights against it. Thus, a language not only has many ways to escape ambiguity, but also has many methods to create it. The study and description of models and mechanisms that create ambiguity, including expressive devices, is of interest in terms of their practical use in effective communication. Ambiguity in linguistics is viewed from different perspectives. This multifaceted phenomenon is associated with the ontological property of language as an asymmetric dualism of the linguistic sign and is used in psycholinguistics (the processes of solving ambiguity (ambiguity) in the human brain), ethnopsycholinguistics (differences in the semantics of ambiguous words, the interpretation of ambiguities by carriers of different cultures), applied linguistics (such as in speech developing the ability to see events, learning the mechanism of eliminating ambiguity in English and Azerbaijani, using rhetorical methods of ambiguity to refine language skills), linguopragmatics (purpose and methods of using ambiguity in speech), stylistics (uncertainties in the stylistic organization of the text and the role of certainty), rhetoric (ambiguity as a means of influence carried out by a group of stylistic means). The traditional interpretation of this phenomenon as a mistake allows us to consider it as a problem of speech culture and linguistic didactics.