Types of semantic ambiguity found in Balinese song lyrics

Motifora Ngalahin Gumi- lyric in song:” Beli nyingakin adi, sirep ring
pesarean” (1) Literal meaning: “sirep ring pesarean” is referring to the
girl who sleep in their bed. (2) Ambiguity meaning :“sirep ring pesarean”
in this lyric mean that the girl was pass away .
Lyric in song:” Ketimbang beli hidup pedidi” (1) Literal meaning

Raka Sidan - Song Brerong – lyric in song:” Kurenan wawa wewe” (1) Literal
meaning :”Wawa wewe” is referring to the wife just says wawa wewe. (2) Ambiguity
meaning”Wawa wewe” in this lyric means that the wife is angry and choosy.
Lyric in song :” Yen kurenane nagih pipis baat limane” (1) Literal meaning : “Baat limane” is
means the hand feel heavy. (2) Ambiguity meaning : “Baat limane” is means the husband is
stingy to give their wife some money. Lyric in song:” Pipis liune dikantong buka amah
bererong” (1) Literal meaning is the ghost eat the money in their pocket. (2) Ambiguity
meaning in this lyric is mean that the money spent for having fun with a girl .

Raka Sidan – Kenceng - Lyric in song: "Kone otak tiang pang wayah” (1) Literal
meaning: ”Wayah” is referring to the old of brain (2) Ambiguity meaning: “Wayah” in this
lyric means that the brain should be smart.
Lyric in song: “Ngabe penyakit memunyah” (1) Literal meaning: “Penyakit Memunyah” it mean kind of
diseases that called Drunk. (2) Ambiguity meaning:”Penyakit Memunyah” in this song is use to tell about
the person who like drink alcohol .

Lyric in song: "Sirahe jeg p’ragat kenceng” (1)Literal Meaning:”Kenceng” is referring to the their
head is fast. (2) Ambiguity meaning:”Kenceng” in this song is use to tell about the person who like
clubbing .

Languages are essential tools for human to communicate with each other and record and transfer
information everyday; it is difficult to imagine the situation without language delivery. However,
a natural language is not so perfectly designed to transfer all the information in an expected way.
More or less, some flaws in a language are inevitable, such as the ambiguity of a language which
causes confusion in people's common utterances. Generally speaking, there are often certain
ambiguous words and sentences appearing in human's utterances and acquiring more precise
clarification from speakers. Different interpretations of the same utterance may result in various
interpretations and the difficulty of comprehension of listeners. It is, actually, a quite common
phenomenon among different languages.

The purpose of this essay is to identify the types of ambiguity because sometimes it could be
confusing in itself and with other phenomena. Therefore, this essay attempts to focus on
explaining the basic types of ambiguity after a brief definition and some distinctions from other
similar linguistic phenomena which are vagueness and deixis. Among the main content about
ambiguity types, it will provide definitions of each type of ambiguity, namely, lexical ambiguity,
structural ambiguity, a combination of lexical and structural ambiguity and scope ambiguity.

What Are Scope Ambiguities?