Study on Pragmatic Vagueness in Diplomatic Language

Vagueness in natural language is one of the most common social phenomenon, however, it was not until the development of fuzzy set theory which was put forward by L.A. Zadeh that scholars began to realize the importance of vagueness in language. Up to now, many researchers have made substantial progress in describing and explaining this complex phenomenon. In this thesis, the writer aims at studying the linguistic devices of vagueness and their pragmatic functions to help the general readers to have a better understanding of vagueness in diplomatic language.     

A Tentative Refutation on the Language Arbitrariness From the Perspective of the Six Categories of Chinese Characters

It has long been viewed that Saussure’s principle of arbitrariness is a fundamental theory in modern linguistics.Up to now,some linguists and scholars have raised their doubts to Saussure’s arbitrariness theory from different aspects.In this thesis,the author aims at using " 六书 "(The six categories of Chinese characters) to show that the creation of Chinese characters has some reasons and it was not 100% arbitrary between the forms of linguistic signs and their meaning.     

出国考试类英语词汇记忆法教学初探

对于大多数中国学生而言,应对出国类考试(如托福、雅思等)最大的挑战就是短期内如何快速扩大词汇量。据此情况,结合笔者实际的词汇教学总结,笔者给出了三点词汇记忆法的学习和教学策略,希望能激起广大英语学习者词汇学习的热情,同时为英语词汇教学方向带来一点启示。