模糊限制语的语用研究及教学意义毕业作品Word文档格式.docx

模糊限制语的语用研究及教学意义毕业作品Word文档格式.docx

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摘要

语言的清晰表达和精确应用是语言使用者所追求的理想境界，但模糊语言在整个语言使用中俯拾皆是，很少有人会说他们可以非常精确地用话语或文字来表达自己的想法。

人类语言本身就具有模糊性，而本文则主要研究并论述了模糊语言中最普通，最典型的一个部分，即模糊限制语。

模糊限制语作为一种特殊的语言形式很早就引起了人们的关注。

一方面它可以改变句子的真值，另一方面它可以使语言表达变得模糊，使话语显得委婉、得体。

本文通过对模糊限制语的意义及语用功能的研究，帮助英语学习者掌握其用法，并提高他们的语用意识，同时也强调其在语言教学中的意义。

关键词：

模糊限制语;

语用研究;

语用教学

Abstract

Thephenomenonoffuzzinesshasbeenveryfrequentlyseeninlanguageuse,althoughpeoplehavealwayspursuedtheaccuracyandclarityoftheirexpression.Seldomoftheywillsaytheycanbepreciseinexpressingideas.Asweknow,human’slanguageisfuzzyinnature.Inthispaper,wemainlydiscussthemostcommonandtypicalpartinfuzzylanguage,thatis,hedges.Asaspecialkindoflanguageform,hedgeshavelongdrawnpeople'

sattention.Ontheonehand,theycanchangethetruth-valueofthesentence,ontheotherhandtheycanmakethelanguageexpressionambiguous,euphemistic,anddecent.Theresearchofthispaper,throughthestudiesofthemeaningofhedgesandpragmaticfunction,aimstohelpEnglishlearnerstomastertheusageofhedges,andimprovetheirpragmaticconsciousness,butalsoemphasizethesignificanceinitslanguageteaching.

Keywords:

Hedges;

pragmaticanalysis;

pragmaticteaching

Contents

Abstract……………………………………………………………………….….I

1Introduction…………………………………………………………………....1

1.1Backgroundinformation………………………………………………....1

1.2Classificationandfunctionofhedges...........................................................2

1.2.1Approximators…………………………………………………...……2

1.2.2Shields……………………………………………………………..….3

2PragmaticAnalysisofHedges……………………………………………..….4

2.1HedgesandCooperativePrinciple……………………………………….….5

2.2HedgesandPolitenessPrinciple…………………………………………….6

2.3HedgesandContext………………………………………..………….…....7

2.3.1Hedgesinarbitrarycontext……………………………………...……7

2.3.2Hedgesinimpliedcontext……………………………………..……..8

2.3.3Hedgesinfuzzycontext……………………………………………….8

3.2Refusingtoanswerthequestion…………………………………..………..9

3.3Asadevicetosmooththecommunication………………………..…………9

3.4Avoidingconflict…………………………………………………...……..…10

3.5Promotingobjectivity………………………………………………….…….10

4Significanceofteachinghedges………………………………………..……....11

4.1ImprovingEnglishCommunicativeability……………..…………………..11

4.2Distinguishingbetweensynonymandhomoionym…………………………11

4.3Furtherunderstandingofculturaldifferences………………………………..12

4.4Helpingtoimprovethestudents'

readingandwritingability……………….12

5Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….…12

Bibliography………………………………………………………………………14

Acknowledgements..................................................................................................15

1Introduction

Peoplehavemanybeliefsabouttheaccuracyoflanguage,whileasamatteroffact,languagemoreoftenthannotdemonstratesitsfeatureofinaccuracyindailycommunication.Sometimes,peopleprefertousevaguelanguagetoconveyinformation.Inhuman’slanguage,manywordsandexpressionswithapparentlyprecisemeaningordefinitionoftenexpressuncertainconcepts,whichsuggestaninherentlinguisticcharacteristicoflanguage,thatis,fuzziness.

1.1Backgroundinformation

Fuzzinessisoneoftheessentialfeaturesofnaturallanguageandthephenomenaoffuzzylanguageexisteverywhereinourdailylife.Whenpeoplecan’tmakesurewhattheyaresaying,theyoftenemployfuzzylanguagetoexpresstheiropinionsonsomeoccasions,andinthatwaytheycanmakethecommunicationcontinuesmoothly.Let’stakesomesentencesasexamples,“Inasence,hedoesn’tlikethatdog”,“Ithinkitisalittlefat”,“Hisbodyisverygood”.Inthesesentences,thewordsorphraseslike“Inasence”,“Ithink”,“alittle”,“very”areallcalledashedgesinfuzzylanguage.Althoughthesehedgesaresignificantincommunication,fuzzylanguageasasubjecthasbeenpaidmoreattentionandstudiedsystematicallyandformallyonlymorethan30years.Andamongthecomponentsoffuzzylanguage,hedgesareoneofthemosttypicalandactivepartsthatwidelyexistinverbalandwrittencommunication,playinganimportantroleincommunication.

In1965,L.Zadeh,acybemeticsprofessorattheuniversityofCalifornia,publishedanarticlenamedFuzzySetsinInformationandControl,andfirstlyproposedfuzzysettheorythatwasconsideredasmilestonefortheinnovationofscientificthoughtsonfuzzylanguageandotherareas.Afterthatfuzzysettheorywasappliedtotheareaoflanguagestudyandsubsequentlygeneratedaseriesofnewsubjectssuchasfuzzylinguistics,fuzzylogic,fuzzymathematics,fuzzypsychology,ect.Fromthenon,increasingnumberofscholarsinChinaandaboardbegantoputtheirmoreattentiontothestudyoffuzzylinguistics.

Insuchrelevantoffuzzylanguage,hedgesasanewconceptwasfirstlypre