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1、PragmaticVaguenessinVerbalCommunicationAbstract:Pragmaticvaguenessisacommonphenomenoninverbalcommunication.Combinedwiththeexistingachievements,thethesisattemptstoanalyzethephenomenonofpragmaticvagueness,pragmaticvaguenessasastrategyinverbalcommunicationanditspragmat
2、icfunctionsinverbalcommunicationfromtheperspectivesofcognitivepragmaticsandsociolinguistics,inEnglishexamples,inordertoprovethenecessityofpragmaticvaguenessasacommunicativestrategy.Thatis,foritspragmaticfunctions,thecommunicatorsmakewidelyuseofpragmaticvaguenessinor
3、dertorealizetheircommunicativeintentionsandachievesuccessfulcommunication.Keywords:pragmaticvagueness,pragmaticfunctions,strategyI•IntroductionAstheresearchonpragmaticsisdeepened,manyscholarsconductedresearchonpragmaticvagueness.Pragmaticvaguenessisanimportantpragma
4、ticstrategy.Theresearchonpragmaticvaguenessinverballanguageisintriguing,realisticanduseful.VerballanguageisnotonlyusefulforitsparishionersbutalsoforEnglishlearners.Indailycommunication,peoplesometimesusepreciselanguagetoexpresstheirideas,butmoreoftenpeopleprefertous
5、evaguelanguagetoconveyinformation.Vaguenessiscompletelyintrinsicinhumanlanguageandthefrequentuseofhedgesjustfullytestifiesthisinbornnatureoflanguage.Theuseofhedgesisacommonphenomenoninlanguagecommunication.Therefore,theappropriateuseofhedgesininteractioncanenhanceth
6、eexpressiveforceandcommunicativeeffectoflanguage,makingtheexpressionsmorenatural,decent,polite,flexible,andeffective.Moreover,therightuseofhedgescansendpeopledemotionandideasmoreproperlytherebyhelpstomaintainagoodinterpersonalrelationshipbetweenthetwopartiesincommun
7、icationandachievethecommunicativegoalsuccessfully.II•PragmaticVaguenessCommunicationfallsintothreecategoriesintermsofconversationalanalysis:literaltalk,loosetalkandmetaphoricaltalk.Indeed,mostpeople5sconversationindailylifeislooseinverbalcommunication,tosomeextent,c
8、arryingapproximation,fuzziness,generality,ambiguity,ambivalence.Inaddition,dailyconversationusuallycarriesconnotativeexpressionsuchasmetap
