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	'''Scope ambiguity''' is the kind of [[ambiguity]] that arises when an [[operator]] can enter into different [[scope relation]]s with other ~~scoped~~ elements.		'''Scope ambiguity''' is the kind of [[ambiguity]] that arises when an [[operator]] can enter into different [[scope relation]]s with other [[scope]]d elements.

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'''Scope ambiguity''' is the kind of [[ambiguity]] that arises when an [[operator]] can enter into different [[scope relation]]s with other scoped elements.

=== Example ===

(i)a has the two readings (i)b and c. In (ib) ''every farmer''is construed as having scope over ''a donkey'' and in (ic) ''a donkey'' is construed as having scope over ''every farmer''<nowiki>: </nowiki>

(i) a Every farmer loves a donkey
b For every farmer there is a donkey such that he loves him
c There is a donkey such that every farmer loves him

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Scope+ambiguity&lemmacode=205 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* May, R.C. 1977. ''The Grammar of Quantification,'' unp. PhD diss., MIT.
* Montague, R. 1974. ''Formal philosophy: selected papers of Richard Montague, edited and with an introduction by Richmond H. Thomason,'' Yale University Press, New Haven

===Other languages===
German [[Skopus-Ambiguität]]

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