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Interpretive Ambiguity

Interpretive Ambiguity is a theoretical construct in proverb semantics denoting the inherent potential of a proverb to admit multiple coherent but divergent meanings due to indeterminacy in its figurative interpretation.

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Ambiguity as a resource for design

William Gaver, Jacob Beaver, Steve Benford · 2003 · 1.3K citations

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Good in a crisis: the ontological institutionalism of social constructivism

Colin Hay · New Political Economy · 2016 · 224 citations · Full text

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Darwin's Ambiguity: The Secularization of Biological Meaning

David H. Kohn · The British Journal for the History of Science · 1989 · 77 citations

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VI.—Verbal Ambiguity and Philosophical Analysis

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society · 1928 · 73 citations

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Disambiguating Discourse: Members' Skill and Analysts' Problem

Allen D. Grimshaw · Social Psychology Quarterly · 1987 · 46 citations

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  1. WG
    William Gaver

    Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. JB
    Jacob Beaver

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. SB
    Steve Benford

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. JF
    John F. Coyle

    Central Michigan University, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. LD
    Lawrence D. Roberts

    Binghamton University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  1. Royal College of Art

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. St. Olaf College

    Northfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. Mansfield University

    Mansfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  5. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Keene State College

    Keene, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  8. Centre d'études Européennes de Sciences Po

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    224 citations

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  1. European Journal of Developmental Psychology

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  3. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

    JAPA · 1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. Social Psychology Quarterly

    SPQ · 1 publications · 46 citations

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  5. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

    JLA · 1 publications · 22 citations

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