Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM//MBA/MBS & +2)

Chapter 5: Linguistic Pitfalls Pitfalls :   difficulties Linguistic pitfalls are  inappropriate uses of language that hinder accurate and effective communication . This can happen when we use language that is unclear, distorted, or empty in meaning. 1.         UNCLEAR MEANING Lack of clarity can arise in many ways. The words we use might be ambiguous or imprecise or the meanings are incomplete. But it can also be due to the failure to organise ideas properly.   a)         Ambiguity : A n ambiguous   expression is one with more than one meaning or reference. There are different kinds of ambiguity: ·          Lexical Ambiguity : Lexical ambiguities are cases where a single word or name has more than one meaning in a language—for example,   deep   ("deep insight" vs. "deep tunnel") and   bank   ("river bank" vs. "investment bank") and words like   light   and   over . Consider also a Japanese teacher, which might mean a teacher from Japan or anyone

3. Grammar and Literary Style Grammar & Literary Style: Introduction ·         Many people resist the idea of analyzing the grammar of sentences in a poem or a novel because they feel it destroys their enjoyment of the text.   ·         However, knowing how something works does not necessarily always require losing pleasure in it. Think of a   beautifully crafted clock   and its component parts. If you knew how it was put together, and understood how all the parts were interconnected with each other? Some clocks even openly display the way that they work as part of their   aesthetic appeal . ·         Stylistic analysis   of a text allows us to examine the workings of the text.   ·         This breaking down of the text into component parts enables us to analyse each component on its own terms, and understand how it fits together with other components.   ·         When it ’ s put back together again, into a sentence, or a set of sentences, we can then see more clearly the relations