KULTURALNA VIŠEZNAČNOST
CULTURAL AMBIGUITY

Summary/Abstract: Until now, the term ambiguity has been used above all in the science of language. In most cases where people are confronted with ambiguity, however, language is only one of many elements. Finally, there are situations of ambiguity that survive entirely without language, as we saw in the introduction with the example of the real and alleged prayer of Benedict XVI in the Blue Mosque. Therefore, it makes sense to extend the concept of ambiguity to all cases in which people create ambiguity and encounter it, regardless of whether it happens through language or some other communicative act. That's why I'm talking about cultural ambiguity, which includes language, but also includes non-linguistic actions. However, if we extend the concept of ambiguity beyond linguistic actions, then we must also define the concept of meaning that is associated with that action a little more broadly. Linguistic ambiguity is based on the fact that one (or more) propositional contents can be assigned to one utterance. The word "treffen" in the Schützengilde slogan quoted above: "to shoot" and "meet friends" can be expressed in English to meet or to hit.

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