模糊限制语在女性语言中的语用功能探究

A Brief Analysis of Pragmatic Functions of Hedges in Female Language

模糊限制语是一种常见的语言表达方式,在日常言语交际中发挥着极其重要的作用。由于受社会习俗和传统文化以及女性心理因素的影响,女性使用模糊限制语的频率要远高于男性。从语用功能角度分析女性在言语交际过程中频繁地使用模糊限制语的原因,并指出模糊限制语在女性言语中具有人际协调功能、自我保护及自我展示等功能。

Hedges is a common phenomenon and plays an important role in language communication. Influenced by the social custom, traditional culture and women＇s psychology, women tend to employ hedges more often than men. From the perspective of pragmatic functions, the paper analyzes the reasons why women favor the use of hedges and expounds the functions of interpersonal coordination, self-protection and self-demonstration of hedges in female language.