Part I.Vagueness and ambiguity

Theory and methods 9

Chapter 2.The role of ambiguity and vagueness in language change 10

Elisabetta Magni

Chapter 3.The role of ambiguity in intentional vagueness 29

Miriam Voghera

Chapter 4.Vagueness and ambiguity are very different
(persuasion devices) 51

Claudia Coppola

Giorgia Mannaioli

Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri

Chapter 5.Ambiguity in discourse: The Tübingen Interdisciplinary Corpus of Ambiguity Phenomena 84

Asya Achimova

Maren Ebert-Rohleder

Lorenz Geiger

Joel Klenk

Michael Reid

Thalia Vollstedt

Angelika Zirker

Part II.Vagueness and ambiguity in language change and use

Theory and methods 109

Chapter 6.Underspecification and ambiguity of voice markers: Synchrony and diachrony 110

Riccardo Giomi

Guglielmo Inglese

Chapter 7.Vague stuff: Cose as a general extender from Latin to Italian 148

Ilaria Fiorentini

Chiara Zanchi

Chapter 8.Vagueness explored: The role of comment clauses 177

Maria Cristina Lo Baido

Chapter 9.Using ambiguity and vagueness to avoid problematic answers: The case of Italian abbastanza 208

Alessandra Barotto

Chapter 10.Vagueness and ambiguity of perlocutionary effects in Prime Minister’s Question time sessions 234

Milica Radulović

Chapter 11.Place names in legal texts: Vagueness and ambiguity in the Italian Medieval Lombard kingdoms 259

Elisa D’Argenio

Chiara Ghezzi

Index 281