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An Analysis of the Lexical Vagueness in English
Economic Policy News Based on the Relevance Theory
Zhu Jiahui
For the Degree of Master of Foreign Linguistics an
May 2018
An Analysis of the Lexical Vagueness in English
Economic Policy News Based on the Relevance Theory
Abstract
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4.2.1 Making the communic
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1.Introduction
1.1 Background of the research
1.2 Significance and purpose of the research
1.3 The structure of the thesis
2.Literature Review
2.1 Studies on vagueness
2.1.1 The definition of vagueness
2.1.1.1 Fuzziness
2.1.1.2 Ambiguity
2.1.1.3 Generality
2.1.2 Previous studies on vagueness abroad
2.1.3 Previous studies on vagueness at home
2.2 Studies on lexical vagueness
2.3 The relevance theory
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2.4 Studies on policy reports
3. Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Data collection
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3.3 Research instruments
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3.4 Research procedure
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4.Results and Discussion
4.1 The distribution of lexical vagueness in MOFCO
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4.2 The pragmatic functions of lexical vagueness i
4.2.1 Making the communication smooth
4.2.2 Increasing the credibility of news
4.2.3 Avoiding the absolute speaking
4.2.4 Meeting the reading preference of readers
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for future studies
Bibliography
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Appendix A
Lexical vagueness in part of speech
Appendix B
List of lexical hedges presented by Varttala (2001
Appendix C
Samples from MOFCOM corpus
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Acknowledgments
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