Closed communication in open space : the hidden functions of linguistic ambiguity on social media

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Wu, Linhan
• مؤلفون آخرون: Poong Oh
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• الموضوعات: Humanities::Language
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147183
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Prevalent intentional use of ambiguous language suggests that communication may not only serve to seek information so as to reduce uncertainty. From this perspective, this study attempts to identify hidden functions of linguistic ambiguity by examining characteristics of messages, sources, receivers...