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41. So the Islam Defenders Front FPI has done it again — a display of brutal
behavior and extremely bad manners by its spokesman Munarman, which saw him throw water over sociologist Thamrin Amal Tamagola during a
television talk show. Your Letter: Television talk show incident on July 5, 2013
This sentence is taken from a letter which talks about FPI spokesperson who threw water over a sociologist on morning television talk show. In the
passage, the researcher found that the word brutal is ambiguous. Brutal can be interpreted as:
a. cruel and violent
b. not considering someone’s feeling
Both interpretations make sense, since what was done by Munarman could be interpreted as violent behavior or behavior which is not considering others’
feeling. Therefore, it might cause confusion for the readers.
42. Clearly, Thamrin is the well-mannered gentleman here, and he is absolutely right to let us, the public, make a judgment call about the incident. Your
Letter: Television talk show incident on July 5, 2013
This sentence is taken from the same letter as in point 42. The writer of the letter mentions Thamrin as a gentleman. The word gentleman is ambiguous since
it might be interpreted in two different meanings: a.
a man who is polite and considers for the feeling of other people b.
wealthy man
80 Referring to the passage, the first meaning best conveyed the message. If
the first meaning applied, it would complete the idea of the comparison between Munarwan and Thamrin. Munarwan was said to perform brutal behavior which
contradict Thamrin action which showed him as a gentleman.
43. None of these processes are sustainable in the long run. Your Letter: Carbon credit farming unsustainable on July 5, 2013
This sentence is lexically ambiguous. It is because it contains ambiguous
word. In this case, the word sustainable is ambiguous. It is ambiguous since it can
be interpreted in two ways: a.
able to continue b.
do not harm the environment Using those two meanings, the interpretation of the sentence would be 1
None of these processes can be maintained in the long run, and 2 None of these processes will not harm the environment in the long run. Therefore, the sentence
is lexically ambiguous.
44. Instead, we are in denial and deride their false information out of pride. Issue of the day: RI: A reluctant good neighbor to Australia on July 5,
2013
Taken from Issue of the Day section, this sentence was kind of ambiguous. The word pride was kind of polysemous because it has several meanings which
still under the same entry in the dictionary. Those meanings triggered the lexical ambiguity happened in the sentence. Those meanings were:
a. satisfaction
81 b.
respect of one self From those two meanings, the sentence could be interpreted as 1 Instead,
we are in denial and deride their false information out of satisfaction, and 2 Instead, we are in denial and deride their false information out of sense of dignity.
Therefore, the sentence is lexically ambiguous.
45. However, beyond this perception, the indifferent attitude of the media toward
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