The Uses of Vague Language
1999
Vagueness have been observed to occur widely in English language use . This paper applies principles of pragmaties tothe analysis of vague expressions ,describing the pragmatic consequences oftheir use . Asthe analysisis based on copious authentic ex amples taken from conversations and written texts ,we sum up eight functions of the uses of vague language .
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