The vagauness of the language itself is very important in causing the ambiguity in both English and Chinese.Homonyms and homophone,as well as the stress,intonation and pause can result in the ambiguity in both languages.There are also some differences in the ambiguituy caused by phonological factors in the two languages.The unstressed in Chinese plays the same role as the stress in English in removing ambiguity.The change of the intonation in English concentrates in the nucleaus while the Chinese tones change in the end of the pitch on the baisis of the words.The varity of the pause in Chinese...
