模糊语言的语用基础——语义范畴的模糊性

The Pragmatic Basis of Vague Language

模糊语言在语言中大量存在 ,由于其语义的模糊性 ,产生了一系列的语用效果。根据认知语言学 ,语言是人们认知过程中对事物进行范畴化的符号表征 ,而范畴本身具有不同形式的模糊性。尤其体现在词的语义上。

There are many vague langu ages existing in language sand the using of them causes a series of pragmatic effects. According to cognitive linguistics, language is the semioti c representation of categorization in the cognit ive process, and categoryis vague indifferent w ays, especially in word meanings. So this p aper is to investigate the pragmatic basis of vague language from the angle of the c ategorical vagueness in word meaning.