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1、VagueLanguageInEnglishLegalDocuments    ACKOWLEDGEMENT  Firstandforemost,IwouldliketoavailmyselfofthisopportunitytoexpressmyheartfeltgratitudetoProfessorWuXiaoyu,mysupervisor,whohastakenhisprecioustimeofffromhistightschedule,readingmythesiscarefullyando

2、fferingmeconstantencouragement,valuablesuggestionsandenlighteninginstructions,whichcontributetothecompletionofmythesis.I’malsogratefultoProfessorHuangYuanshen,ProfessorLuoGuoliang,ProfessorLuNaisheng,ProfessorXuYaqinandallotherteachersfortheirenlightenm

3、entinmystudy.Mysincerethanksalsogotomyroommatesandfriendswhoarealwaysreadytooffertheirenthusiasticassistanceandencouragement.Finally,Iamgreatlyindebtedtomybelovedparents.Theirlovehasbeenspurringmeonwardandsupportingmethroughalldifficulties.      CONTENT

4、SABSTRACT1内容提要3ChapterOneIntroduction4ChapterTwoVagueLanguage72.1Whatisvaguelanguage?72.2Whyislanguagevague?13ChapterThreeFeaturesofLawEnglish183.1Basicrequirementforpreciseness183.2.GrammaticalFeatures203.2.1Tendencytowardslongsentences203.2.2Wideuseof

5、statement-typesentences223.2.3Preferenceforcomplexpost-modificationinthenominalgroup233.3LexicalFeatures243.3.1Frequentemploymentofarchaicwordsandphrases243.3.2Specialuseofcommonwords253.4SemanticFeatures263.4.1Preferenceforlexicalrepletiontopronounrefe

6、rence273.4.2Wideuseofparallelphrases293.4.3Tendencytowardsmeticulouswaysofexpression29ChapterFourVagueLanguageinEnglishLegalDocuments314.1ExistenceofvaguelanguageinlawEnglish314.2Causesofvaguelanguageinlegaldocuments.334.2.1Lackofclear-cutboundariesinno

7、n-linguisticworld;334.2.2Interpretationofmeaningiscontext-bound344.2.3Lackofadequateknowledgeaboutlaw-relatedbehavior354.3Waysofapplyingvaguelanguage364.3.1Toexpressindeterminabletimeandspace374.3.2Toexpressextentandscopewhichareindeterminableorarenotne

8、cessarilydetermined374.3.3Toexpressfrequencyandquantitywhicharedifficultornotnecessarytodescribeexactly384.3.4Toexpressconjecturedcontentsandplots.394.4Specificfunctionsofvaguelanguageinlegaldocuments.394.4.1Vagueexpressionscanme