Relative clause attachment ambiguity?
"A woman with five children who could see and cook joined our group."
Is it the woman who can sew and cook or her children? Is this a case of attachment ambiguity, and, if so, do Huddleston and Pullum address this sort of ambiguity anywhere in the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language?
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anonymous Is this a case of attachment ambiguity Yes. anonymous do Huddleston and Pullum address this sort of ambiguity anywhere in the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language? There are no index entries on "attachment" nor on "attachment ambiguity" in CGEL.
- anonymous Is this a case of attachment ambiguity Yes.
- anonymous do Huddleston and Pullum address this sort of ambiguity anywhere in the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language?
- There are no index entries on "attachment" nor on "attachment ambiguity" in CGEL.
- However, there are about 100 pages referenced under the index entry "ambiguity".
- You would have to comb through those to answer your question.
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anonymousIs this a case of attachment ambiguity
Yes.
anonymousdo Huddleston and Pullum address this sort of ambiguity anywhere in the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language?
There are no index entries on "attachment" nor on "attachment ambiguity" in CGEL. However, there are about 100 pages referenced under the
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