语用含糊：言语交际的好帮手

Pragmatic Vagueness:a Help to Verbal Communication

语用含糊是日常言语交际中的普遍现象,对这种现象进行研究是有必要的。何自然先生指出语用含糊并不是人们交流中产生挫折、沮丧和焦虑的原因,语用含糊都是人们日常交流的一个好帮手。兹在证实这种现象在口头交际中的积极意义以及进一步阐释它在日常交流中的积极效用。语用含糊的元语用意识、"省力原则"以及"反威胁面子行为"都证实了语用含糊的积极意义;说话人、听话人以及会话都是含糊的受益者。

Pragmatic vagueness is a general phenomenon in verbal communication in everyday life, so it is worthy of effort to explore it. Mr. He Ziran suggested that vagueness in pragmatics is by no means a cause of frustration, depression or anxiety in discourse while it is of positive significance no matter what kind of vagueness a propositional content may have. This paper aims at confirming the positive significance of pragmatic vagueness in verbal communication and revealing some specific advantages of this phenomenon in daily communication. The metapragrnatic awareness of vagueness, the Principle of Least Effort and Anti - Face Threatening Act confirm the existence of the positive significance of pragmatic vagueness, accordingly, the speaker and the hearer as well as the discourse benefit a lot from it.