Disney, Appears Courtesy of American Royal Arts . Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. I. Language Fallacies A. Lexical ambiguity 1. Words mean different things to different people.
Many terms are troublesome, in that they can connote a large variety of meanings.
Hypostatization Reification of abstract words occurs when they are regarded as if they refer to real entities or forces. When the meaning of a word or expression is changed either knowingly or inadvertently during the course of a discussion, the result is equivocation. Two words may have the same general definition, but the emotions and attitudes that they reflect and produce can be vastly different. B. Structural Ambiguity 1. Faulty pronoun 2.