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1、ApplicationofHedgesinBusinessEnglish模糊限制语在商务英语中的应用姓名学号0210650院系研究生学院专业外国语言学及应用语言学课程论文提交时间:2011年6月22日AbstractFuzzinessisoneoftheessentialfeaturesofnaturallanguages.Asacorememberofvagueness,hedginglanguagealsowidelyexistinourdailylife.Sincethe1970s,somescholarshave
2、beguntoexplorehedgesinmanyaspects.Withthefurtherstudy,hedgeshavegraduallydevelopedinsomecertainfieldsinpracticaluse.Wefindthathedgesareusedfrequentlyinbusinesstoswiftlyconveycertaincommercialmessages.HedgingdevicesarealsowidelyusedininternationalbusinessEnglishbe
3、causeofitsirreplaceableeffect.Thispapertalksaboutanintroductionandadescriptionofsomebasicknowledgeofhedges.Italsoanalyzesthepossiblepragmaticfunctionsofhedgesinbusinesslanguage.Hedgeshavesomecertainvaluesinpracticaluse.Keywords:hedges,hedging,businessEnglish,prag
4、maticfunctionsI.IntroductionVaguenessisoneoftheessentialfeaturesofnaturallanguagesandphenomenaoffuzzylanguageexisteverywhereinourdailylife.Whenpeoplecan’tmakesureofwhattheyaresaying,theyoftenemployvaguelanguagetoexpresstheiropinionsonsomeoccasions,andinthiswaythe
5、ycanmakethecommunicationcontinuesmoothly.Hedge,asacorememberofvagueness,isthemosttypicalrepresentativeandthemostuniversalphenomenon.Inreality,hedgesareusuallyconsideredasapragmaticstrategy.Hedgesarepreferredtechnologyforpeopletomaketheirutterancemoreflexibleandef
6、fectiveandhelptoavoidtakingresponsibilityfortheirabsoluteorarbitrarywords.Forexample,interview,actuallyacommunicativeprocess,needstoberealizedthroughappropriatelanguage.ThispaperanalysesthepragmaticrealizationandfunctionsofhedgesinEnglishinterviews.II.LiteratureR
7、eviewTheterm“hedge”wasfirstintroducedbyLakoffin1972inhisfamousarticleHedges:AStudyinMeaningCriteriaandtheLogicofFuzzyConcepts(1972:195)tomean“wordswhosejobistomakethingsfuzzier(orlessfuzzy)”.Sincethen,theuseofhedgehasbeenstudiedasanimportantpragmaticphenomenonfro
8、mvariousperspectives.Hedgesmayintentionallyorunintentionallybeemployedinbothspokenandwrittenlanguagesincetheyarecruciallyimportantincommunication.Itseemsthatwh
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