Which of these two double-headed illusions do you think is best? First or second. Vote your choice by commenting below. In each image, which face did you see first? Face forward or face to the side…
Some words can be pronounced with two different syllable structures. What’s more interesting than fighting about who’s right is understanding why these differences arise.
Ambiguous, obscure, vague, equivocal, and cryptic are used to describe writing or speech that is not clearly understandable. Ambiguous applies to language capable of more than one interpretation ('an
I am British at the end of the day but nobody knows where I’m from when they look at me. I’ve had people call me an Aussie, Portuguese, Jamaican, its crazy. Being racially ambiguous is quite interesting, people are always surprised when I tell people i’m half Thai and half British but I mean to me i
This Q&A from 1949 -- "How Attractive Are You to Men?" -- raises so many more questions than it answers.
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Quotes Left Handers are wired into the artistic half of the brain, which makes them imaginative, creative, surprising, ambiguous, original but never, dull.
Our outstanding ability to communicate is a distinguishing features of our species. To communicate is to convey meaning, but what is meaning? How do words combine to give us the meanings of sentences? And what makes a statement ambiguous or nonsensical? These questions and many others are addressed in Paul Elbourne's fascinating guide. He opens by asking what kinds of things the meanings of words and sentences could be: are they, for example, abstract objects or psychological entities? He then looks at how we understand a sequence of words we have never heard before; he considers to what extent the meaning of a sentence can be derived from the words it contains and how to account for the meanings that can't be; and he examines the roles played by time, place, and the shared and unshared assumptions of speakers and hearers. He looks at how language interacts with thought and the intriguing question of whether what language we speak affects the way we see the world. Meaning, as might be expected, is far from simple. Paul Elbourne explores its complex issues in crystal clear language. He draws on approaches developed in linguistics, philosophy, and psychology -- assuming a knowledge of none of them -- in a manner that will appeal to everyone interested in this essential element of human psychology and culture.
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The endings of Slay the Princess are ambiguous and open to interpretation, but that's part of what makes them so interesting.
Ambiguous may highlight the vague and obscure, but its origins are as clear as a bell. This word comes from the Latin verb ambigō or ambigere, meaning 'to be undecided; to dispute,' which in turn
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This type of sentence has great possibilities for classroom application because of its two different interpretations. It's a perfect tool to: demonstrate careful reading, showcase the need for editing while writing, and encourage creativity and divergent thinking.
Mystical Russian composer Alexander Scriabin saw music, heard colors and wrote music that goes from ecstasy to frenzy. Baltimore Symphony conductor Marin Alsop explores Scriabin's best-known piece.
The queens of twelfth-century England provide a prime example of how the queen was not, in fact, powerless in the rule of her realm, but rather a significant governmental official who had the opportunity to take a complementary part in royal rule that suited her strengths.
Salvando las distancias con el gran maestro de la pintura, Pierre Gonnord (1963, Francia) renueva el estilo de Velázquez aplicando su visión pictórica a su fotografía. Este fotógrafo francés comien…
