模糊限制语的语用学分析- A Pragmatic Analysis of Hedges in English News

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1、APragmaticAnalysisofHedgesinEnglishNewsAthesissubmittedfortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsSchoolofForeignLanguagesShenzhenUniversityCandidate:GaoJunchangSupervisor:JiaLuyiMay,2012iiiContentsContentsiAcknowledgementsiiAbstractiiiChapter1Introduction11.1ResearchBackground11.2ObjectiveoftheStu

2、dy21.3OrganizationoftheThesis3Chapter2TheoreticalFramework42.1CooperativePrinciple42.2PolitenessPrinciple5Chapter3LiteratureReview73.1StudiesonHedges73.2DefinitionofHedges93.3CategorizationofHedges103.3.1SemanticCategorization103.3.2GrammaticalCategorization113.3.3PragmaticCategoriza

3、tion113.4CharacteristicsofNews13Chapter4APragmaticAnalysisofHedgesinEnglishNews144.1DataCollection144.2PragmaticAnalysisonFunctionsofHedgesinEnglishNews164.2.1Toavoidabsoluteness164.2.2Tobeconciseandreader-friendly174.2.3Toenhancereliability184.2.4Torespectthesource204.2.5Tominimizen

4、egativeeffects22Chapter5Conclusion245.1Summary245.2LimitationsandImplications25Bibliography26iiiAcknowledgementsSincerely,I’dliketoextendmygratefulnessandappreciationtomydearsupervisor,Prof.JiaLuyi,forherpatientguidanceandencouragement.Fromthestartingoftopicselectiontilltheaccomplish

5、mentofthewholethesis,shehasbeeninclosetouchwithme,assistingmewiththeconductionofresearch,ineveryprocedure.Withoutheradviceandcontinuoussupport,theessaywouldhavebeenhardtofinishandneitherwouldIhavelearnedsomuch.Theexperienceofconductingthisresearchandwritingthisthesishastaughtmequitea

6、lot,notmerethelanguageknowledgeitself.Ifirmlybelievethatalltheinvolvementsinthisunforgettablestudywillturnintoapermanentmemoryinmylife,whichwilldefinitelyfacilitatemyfurtherstudyinthelongrun.iiiAbstractAbstract:Vaguenessisanessentiallanguagephenomenoninconversation.Asasignificantwayt

7、ogaininformation,newshasbeenplayingamoreandmoreindispensableroleinpeople’slife.TheuseofhedgesinEnglishnewsreportisunavoidableandhasdrawngreatattention.SinceitsoriginationbyanAmericansociolinguistLakoffin1972,hedgeshavebeenwidelystudiedhomeandabroad.However,mostoftheresearchesdonebefo

8、rearefromase