As the researchers note, this is actually a pretty tough problem, given that the natural ambiguity and cultural context of the language both have to be taken into consideration.

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Just as Ernest Hemingway in the 1930s sharpened up language with short sentences, so Beckett and Co introduced ambiguity into novels, even traditional ones, and especially into films, television, pop music and advertising.

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