"Have the missionaries eaten?" Is this a question spoken by the bishop,or an order given by the cannibal chief? This type of ambiguity is referred to as ______.

A) phonetic
B) syntactic
C) lexical
D) anomalous

Lexical Ambiguity

The idea that some words have different meanings; for example, bank can refer to the side of a river or to a financial institution.

Phonetic Ambiguity

A linguistic phenomenon where a speech sound or sequence of sounds can be interpreted in more than one way due to its pronunciation.