日常英语交流中模糊语3.doc

,vaguelanguageisfrequentlyusedinpeople’,,theconceptitself,plex,,andconsequently,,tobemoreexact,,,“thelinguisticunitsorpatternsthatareindeterminateorwithreferentialindefiniteness.”Black(1949),inasense,(1962)oncedescribesthevaguenessoflanguagebysaying,“Thereisnotenoughperfectlanguagetoexpressallofourconceptsandfeelingsanddistinguishsuchas,peoplehavetousetwogeneralizedwords‘love’and‘hate’toexpressvarious,eventhousandsofloveandhate.”,Alston(1964)makesthedefinitionas”atermissaidtobevague,iftherearecasesinwhichthereisnodefiniteanswerastowhetherthetermapplies”(thisdefinitionisonewhichdefinesvaguenessbyvagueterm,andatthesametimeitshowsthesalientpositionofvaguetermindemonstratingvaguenessoflanguage).Thatis,vaguenessofatermisshownbyborderlinecases,(1972)suggeststhat,‘someofthemostinterestingquestionsareraisedbythestudyofwordswhosemeaningimplicitlyinvolvesfuzziness,wordswhosejobitistomakething