10-second review: “Transformational grammarians often use the ability of native speakers of English to interpret ambiguous sentences as evidence of linguistic competence. For example, the person who perceives two interpretations of a sentence like "Visiting relatives can be bothersome" must be able to process the grammatical relationships involved in each interpretation.”
Source: Sr. JM Jurgens. “Perceptions of Lexical and Structural ambiguity by Junior and Senior High School Students.” 497.
Comment: Interesting, but I’m not sure how this information can be useful. RayS.
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