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1、AContrastiveAnalysisofHedgesInChineseandEnglishLegislativeLanguages中英立法语言中模糊限制语的对比研究ByHaoChangxiaUndertheSupervisionofProfessorZhangYimingAThesisSubmittedtotheCollegeofForeignLanguagesofShanghaiMaritimeUniversityInPartialFulfillmentofTheRequirementsfortheMADegreeShanghaiMaritimeUnive
2、rsityMay10th,2009AcknowledgementsFirst,Iwouldliketothankmysupervisor,ProfessorZhangYiminginShanghaiMaritimeUniversity,whoinspiredandencouragedmethroughoutthewritingofthepresentthesis.Thecompletionofthethesiscouldneverhavebeenpossiblewithouthispreciousguidanceandconstructivesuggestion
3、s.Second,Iwouldalsoliketoexpressmydeepestgratitudetomyboyfriend,whowasalwaysreadytogivemehisopinionsandsupport.Hetaughtmehowtomakegooduseofthecomputersoftwaretoolswithgreatpatience,whichwasaverygreathelpforme,especiallywhenmakingthequantitativeanalysisofthedataduringtheresearchofthep
4、resentthesis.Lastbutnotleast,Iwouldliketothankallmyroommates,withwhomIsharethepainandpleasureofwritingthethesis.Ithelpedmeeasethestressduringthewritingandkeepagoodmoodsoastofinishthepresentthesissmoothly.ABSTRACTAccuracyandprecisenessisalwaysregardedasthesoulofthelegislativelanguagea
5、ndpeoplebelievesthatlegislativelanguageisclearandpreciseallthetime.Whileresearchfindingsafterthebirthoffuzzylinguisticsshowthat,vaguewordsorphrasescouldalsobefoundinthiskindoflanguage.Thispaperiswrittenexactlybasedonsuchfindings.Sincevaguelanguageisabigfamily.Thispaperchooseshedges,a
6、memberofthevaguelanguagefamily,astheresearchfocustomakeacontrastiveanalysisonhowtheyareusedinboththeEnglishandChineselegislativelanguages.AndthecorporainEnglishandChineseareLaborRegulationofWashingtonStateandLaborLawofPRCrespectively.Thispaperconsistsofthreeparts.Chaptersonetothreeis
7、thefirstpart,whichgivesabriefviewofthewholethesis,reviewsthepastresearchesonhedgesbothathomeandabroad,andpresentsthetheoreticframeworkforanalysis.Chaptersfourtofiveisthesecondpart,whichfirststudieswhatkindofhedgesareusedinthecorporaandtheirdistributionbasedonPrinceetal’staxonomy,then
8、researchesth