汉语中的模糊语言和话题的敏感性

Vagueness and the sensitivity of conversation topics in Mandarin Chinese

模糊语言是语言的一个重要组成部分，近年来日益得到重视。然而，话题的敏感性对模糊语言使用的影响这一问题尚待深入研究。本文对汉语口语语料的分析表明，模糊语言出现的总频率似乎与话题敏感性的关系不大，敏感话题的影响主要集中在对六类模糊词语的不同使用频率和形式上。除此之外，语料中十个常用的模糊词语也大都随着话题敏感性的变化而变化。因此，本文的结论是：话题的敏感性在各类模糊词语的使用频率和形式选择上影响着模糊语言的使用。本文的研究成果和提供的新语料为模糊语言研究的进一步发展做出了贡献。

Vagueness is an important part of language, whose research has been increasing steadily. However, the impact of touchy conversational topics on the use of vague language has been largely overlooked. Based on the analysis of spoken interactions in Mandarin Chinese, the findings of this study show that, although the overall frequency of vague language items seems unrelated to the sensitivity of conversational topics, different topics result in differing frequencies of the six specific categories of vague language items as well as the forms of vague language used. Moreover, the ten frequently used vague language items vary between topics. It is therefore concluded that the sensitivity of conversational topics has an influence on the choice of specific types of vague language items, in both frequency and form.