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23. SBY’s brother-in-law would likely enjoy smooth sailing in the primary,
giving the general public the opportunity to welcome more ‘Jokowis’ to the
fore. Text your say: Yet, another General joins Dems on July 3, 2013
The sentence was taken from a comment on SBY’s brother-in-law act joining the Dems party. The word smooth was usually used to describe a surface
without lumps or rough patches. However, in the sentence in point 30, the word smooth referred to other meanings. Those meanings were:
a. without any difficulties
b. polite but not sincere
Using those two meanings, the sentence could be interpreted as 1 SBY’s brother-in-law would likely enjoy sailing without problems and difficulties in the
primary, giving the general public the opportunity to welcome more ‘Jokowis’ to the fore, and 2 SBY’s brother-in-law would likely enjoy sailing which is
insincere in the primary, giving the general public the opportunity to welcome more ‘Jokowis’ to the fore. Seeing those two interpretations and reading the
passage, the first one seemed better than the second one because the meaning of the sentence carried the message of the passage better.
24. He is joining his sister and brother in law’s party. Text your say: Yet, another General joins Dems on July 3, 2013
This sentence contains two kinds of ambiguity, both lexical and structural ambiguity. However, the researcher would only focus on lexical ambiguity and
refer to one structure of the sentence. Without reading the passage, the word party would be ambiguous since it might be interpreted as:
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social event b.
political group Applying those two meanings, the interpretations of the sentence would be
1 He is joining his sister and brother in law’s celebration and 2 He is joining his sister and brother in law’s political group. The passage is about Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono’s brother in law who joins Dems where his sister was also its member. Therefore, the second meaning is the most suitable.
25. Most importantly, it personifies the country’s integrity for accountability and respect for the rule of law, which is commendable. Your letter: SBY’s
apology should be applauded on July 3, 2013
The writer of the letter tried to appreciate SBY’s apology on the smoke hazard to Singapore and Malaysia. In the letter, the researcher found sentences
that were ambiguous. This one is caused because of lexical ambiguity. The ambiguous word was integrity. It has two meanings, those meanings were:
a. the quality of being whole and complete
b. the quality of being honest
Based on those two meanings, the sentence could be interpreted as 1 Most importantly, it personifies the country’s unity for accountability and respect
for the rule of law, which is commendable, and 2 Most importantly, it personifies the country’s honesty and sincerity for accountability and respect for the rule of
law, which is commendable.
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respect for the rule of law, which is commendable. Your letter: SBY’s apology should be applauded on July 3, 2013
Besides the word integrity presented in point 31, the researcher also found that the word respect was also ambiguous. It could refer to two meanings, those
meanings were: a.
admiration b.
consideration If those two meanings were applied to the sentence, those meanings would
modify the sentence as 1 Most importantly, it personifies the country’s integrity for accountability and admiration for the rule of law, which is commendable, and
2 Most importantly, it personifies the country’s integrity for accountability and consideration for the rule of law, which is commendable. Both meanings could
suit the sentence well. However, the second sentence was way better than the second one.
27. Although capital inflows have traditionally focused on natural resources,
recent investment has included businesses seeking to exploit middle-class consumers. Your letter: SBY’s apology should be applauded on July 3,
2013
Taken from the same passage as on point 31 and 32, this sentence was also considered ambiguous. The one that trigger the ambiguity was the word exploit.
This word has negative and positive meanings as follows. a.
use, explore, and develop something fully and well
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use unfairly From those meanings, we can see that if those meanings are applied to the
sentence, it will make a great difference as the first will cause the positive meaning and the second one will surely not. The interpretations are as follows. 1
Although capital inflows have traditionally focused on natural resources, recent investment has included businesses seeking to explore middle-class consumers,
and 2 Although capital inflows have traditionally focused on natural resources, recent investment has included businesses seeking to use unfairly middle-class
consumers.
28. This noble act will quash the perception of sheer disregard for the rule of law, convention and accountability in Indonesia. Your letter: SBY’s apology
should be applauded on July 3, 2013
The word noble triggered ambiguity in this sentence, since it could be interpreted in two ways. The two meanings were:
a. impressive and causing admiration
b. moral in honest and honor
Based on those two meanings, the sentence could be interpreted as 1 This admiring act will quash the perception of sheer disregard for the rule of law,
convention and accountability in Indonesia, and 2 This honorable act will quash the perception of sheer disregard for the rule of law, convention and
accountability in Indonesia.
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29. This noble act will quash the perception of sheer disregard for the rule of law, convention and accountability in Indonesia. Your letter: SBY’s
apology should be applauded on July 3, 2013
The word quash also caused another problem to the sentence. This word was polysemous. It means that it has several meanings. The word quash has two
different meanings. Those meanings were: a.
to reject something and declare that it is no longer valid b.
to stop Using those two meanings, the sentence would be interpreted as 1 This
noble act will reject the perception of sheer disregard for the rule of law, convention and accountability in Indonesia, and 2 This noble act will stop the
perception of sheer disregard for the rule of law, convention and accountability in Indonesia.
30. Indonesia is making strides to improve in these important areas. Your letter: SBY’s apology should be applauded on July 3, 2013
Another lexical ambiguity found from the same passage as in point 31 up to 39. In this case, the word stride brought two effects on the sentence as it could
be: a.
step b.
development When the sentence used the first meaning as the reference, the sentence
would be 1 Indonesia is making step to improve in these important areas. Using this meaning, the sentence seemed to be conveying connotative meaning. On the
72 other hand, the second meaning would make the sentence have denotative
meaning since the sentence would be interpreted as 2 Indonesia is making development to improve in these important areas.
31. Coming to the core issue, as long as there is a strong demand for crude palm
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