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This edited volume explores the concept of ambiguity in language and communication, aiming to uncover why effective communication persists despite the prevalence of ambiguity. It examines how speakers and listeners utilize ambiguity and vagueness to achieve specific goals. The book presents comprehensive answers from various fields, including linguistics, literary criticism, rhetoric, psycholinguistics, theology, media studies, and law, marking a significant shift in ambiguity research through a transdisciplinary approach. Individual and co-authored papers bridge gaps between disciplines, establishing theoretical connections between psycho-linguistics and areas focusing on discourse and text communication. A three-dimensional Ambiguity Model is introduced, serving as a theoretical anchor for analyzing different types of ambiguities. This hybrid model integrates perspectives on language systems and the use of ambiguity in various communicational contexts. Key features relevant to ambiguity, such as its emergence in production or perception and its strategic or nonstrategic nature, are defined. The research program posits that understanding ambiguity requires exploring the interaction of these factors within a reference system. This collection serves as an excellent introduction to ambiguity in language and communication, offering extensive analyses and insights beneficial for both students and advanced readers interested in the

The second volume of the two-volume set The Fruits of Empirical Linguistics focuses on the linguistic outcomes of empirical linguistics. The contributions present some of the insights that linguists can gain by applying the new methods: progress within language study is accelerated by the new evidence since language systems are more precisely captured. Readers will enjoy the fresh perspective on linguistic questions made possible by the evidence-based approach.

Susanne Winkler is Professor of English Linguistics at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany.

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert