从语用学角度探究模糊语在大学英语教学中的应用

A Study on the Vagueness in College English Teaching From the Pragmatic Perspective

作为人类语言的内在属性,模糊性引起了人们的广泛关注,不同领域对语言的模糊性都有涉足。然而,迄今为止,语言学方面对模糊性的研究集中于语义领域,语用领域对模糊性的关注不多。此外,对语言模糊性理论性的研究颇多,教学方面研究较少。鉴于模糊性在英语教学中起着很重要的作用,对其进行研究很多必要且意义非凡。本文基于语用模糊理论,尝试分析模糊语言的语用功能和英语教学中存在的各种语言模糊现象及其功能,之后又提出一些模糊语教学的建议:借助汉语、基于文本练习巩固、引入文化。希望会对英语教学有所裨益。

Vagueness, as an intrinsic feature of human language, has caused much attention. Many researches on vagueness have already been done in different fields. However, up to now, most researches on vagueness have been confined to the semantic field, while the pragmatic perspective had not been paid much attention to yet. Besides, SO far, much effort has been made on the theoretical study of language vagueness, but less on that of different aspects of English Language Teaching. Since vagueness plays a very important role in English language teaching, a research on this topic is necessary and essential. Based on the theories of pragmatic vagueness, this paper attempts to analyze the pragmatic function of vagueness, various language vagueness phenomena existing in the whole process of English language teaching and its functions. Then some possible suggestions for vague language teaching are proposed, namely, teaching with reference to Chinese, practice based on text, and a thorough understanding of English culture. It is hoped that it would be beneficial to English language teaching.