Ambiguity is a term used to characterize phenomena that have
more than only one meaning. These meanings are distinct from each other and
have no close schema in common. That is why a single expression may lead to multiple
interpretations..
Young boys and girls love the adventure playground.
This sentence is syntactically ambiguous, because the
reference of young is unclear. There are two possible interpretations of the
subject. It may either be that [young boys] and girls love the adventure
playground, or young [boys and girls] love [it]. The structural analysis shows
that the sentence may be interpreted in a way that young only refers to the
boys, or it may be understood as characterising the boys as well as the girls.
