Structural Ambiguity - Syntax Video #3

Sometimes a single sentence has more than one meaning. A group of linguists explore prepositional phrase attachment ambiguity.
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[@garrethkoslowski9703]

I just learned more in these 5 minutes than I did in 2 months of my syntax module in linguistics. You saved me from failing my exam this afternoon :) Thumbs up!

[@ismatullorahimov3445]

OMG. Your explanation is amazing. Please continue this fabulous work!

[@sundlylin1551]

so (pls bare with me if my English is bad) Edna hit the yeti with a frying pan can be: 1. Edna used a frying pan to hit the yeti or 2. Edna Hit the yeti that has the frying pan

[@andreatomas1931]

Yes this is correct

[@LeaRebecca1]

Great video, I will use this in my introduction to syntax class!

[@willholzer5811]

This is a fantastic video. Thank you.

[@deon-daniiowusu6442]

Thank you very much 😇

[@Sillilesshells]

it could also mean you wrote letters ( either of the alphabet or actual letters) onto the kitchen table :)?

[@rajahm6610]

i want the solution of the two last bonus sentences, any help ?

[@therealelement75]

when is it baked when do you eat it idk about the second one

[@cassianocominetti7784]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@Yusuf0sam]

sick bass line

[@aaliyah4418]

Corona any1??

[@xpuroxodiox]

If I had wanted to make emphasis to the martian holding a telescope, I would have said "Ingrid saw a Martian with a telescope". Since the sentence introduced in the video had the determiner "the" in it, I immediately paid attention to the object used to look at the martian (with a telescope), which indicates that it was Ingrid who was holding said artifact. I don't think this sentence is all "that" ambiguous, at least in my opinion. What do you guys think?

[@faisalsofiya1250]

Really good

[@edebistans6056]

I couldnt find structural amb. still😢 lts really so difficult

[@Queen-iw4cu]

Thank you so much!! This makes so much more sense now :)

[@samuelraphael8922]

The background music is a real bad example of extraneous load...

[@alublue7674]

Very simple and straightforward. Yet the lighting was a bit dark and the background music was so distracting. Great job though

[@purrrpl4711]

bro help with the last sentences? :'(

[@a1243g]

How can we remove the ambiguity from the sentence,

[@vinissues4634]

You can remove the prepositional phrase

[@robsan5410]

Context

[@LaurieCawthorn]

brilliant presentation ,, esl,, efl!

[@fratferocious80]

So how to solve this attachment problem?

[@ajbaalmotlaq3400]

When I draw the tree for the sentence should I draw 2 or one tree?

[@maitenabarbosa1421]

la verdad no entendi ni vergas

[@wolfinthesuit]

Worst mistake of mylife to enroll in syntax and morphology

[@evanescence9041]

What grade do Americans learn this thing?

[@jeanhecker1643]

13th

[@dianamarcelaperez2011]

excellent! very useful, thanks. Gracias! excelente, muy útil!!

[@yousfyousf4220]

You are best teacher

[@hopescreativitymotivations]

Very nice.

[@prahladsaldanha568]

What are the two meanings of "I bought this unicycle for my best friend"? I don't get it.

[@therealelement75]

rewritten to make sense For my best friend, I bought this unicycle This unicycle I bought is for my best friend these don't seem correct but the two readings are similar

[@sumeyyeozel2758]

background sound is distburbing a lot :(

[@obiomablair780]

Life Saver!

[@putrifebriana9899]

thank you for your video it helps me from my exam, iam from 2019 :)

[@adambosharafa7368]

please, remove the music if u can.

[@Youtubepremium-ex6um]

I agree with him

[@AndrewLofft]

Or at least learn how to play well...

[@kylespencer6461]

I actually kinda liked it. Putting its volume down would be better.

[@letsmakesomethingwithme4044]

Great.

[@micaelajosefinaherrera7984]

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[@silvinogomez3468]

Can someone solve the two bonus?

[@claudiakeller4816]

I understand "I will eat the pie that you will bake tomorrow" as a play on when the two actions take time, so as you tomorrow will bake the pie I'll eat it, or you are going to bake the pie (so to have it ready in the present day) but I'll eat it tomorrow; to go back to the original one, the sentence can be formulated either as "I will eat [tomorrow] the pie that you will bake" or "I will eat the pie that you will bake [tomorrow]" ("tomorrow" can be adverb of "eat" and "bake", in a sentence formulated like in the video with no tone, pitch or puntuaction is ambiguous) I still have no idea about the other one :/

[@frankknottiv97]

There was a vore reference towards the end.

[@ayanouna2990]

Thank you for your help , but please next time try to explain slowly .

[@hpnotizm]

did a linguist just say "a whole nother"?

[@deon-daniiowusu6442]

Hello goodday, please I have tried out your examples at the end of the video and l would appreciate it if you could give me your email so that I forward it to you for review.