燕卜荪的《复义七型》是第一部将语义学中的“复义”问题专门提出来进行研究的著作。
William Empson, in the book of Seven Types of Ambiguity, first makes a research in the ambiguity of semantics.
燕卜荪模式，是指在文学批评中，以文本中一个字或一两段句子为批评对象，用来证明批评者提出的某一个理论观点的合理性。
The mode of Empson in the literary criticism refers to the mode of choosing one word or sentence as the critical object to prove the rationality of a certain theoretic idea put forward by a critic.
燕卜荪模式，是指在文学批评中，以文本中一个字或一两段句子为批评对象，用来证明批评者提出的某一个理论观点的合理性。
The mode of Empson in the literary criticism refers to the mode of choosing one word or sentence as the critical object to prove the rationality of a certain theoretic idea put forward by a critic.
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