Lexicarta

amphiboly

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
Word type
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
Line style
core relation
instance, member or derived
substance, domain or see-also
Direction
arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses

Sense 1 noun

an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

Types & categories

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1 hypernym Types & categories ambiguity