| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-12页 |
| 1. FUZZY LINGUISTICS | 第12-29页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Zadeh's fuzzy set theory | 第12-14页 |
| ·Fuzzy linguistics | 第14-17页 |
| ·Hedges | 第17-29页 |
| ·Definition of hedges | 第17-20页 |
| ·Studies on classification of hedges | 第20-29页 |
| ·Zadeh's classifications of hedges | 第21-22页 |
| ·E.F.Prince and He Ziran's classifications of hedges | 第22-26页 |
| ·Prof. Wu Tieping's classifications of hedges | 第26-27页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第27-29页 |
| 2. LEGAL LANGUAGE AND LEGAL ENGLISH | 第29-46页 |
| ·Legal language | 第29-30页 |
| ·Legal English | 第30-32页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the GATS | 第32-34页 |
| ·Vagueness and legal English | 第34-40页 |
| ·Vagueness,fuzziness,ambiguity and generality | 第34-36页 |
| ·Vagueness in legal English | 第36-40页 |
| ·H.L.A.Hart:the "open texture" of language | 第36-38页 |
| ·The epistemic theory of vagueness in law | 第38页 |
| ·David Lyons:indeterminacy can be eliminated by law | 第38页 |
| ·Hans Kelsen:there are no genuine gaps in law | 第38-39页 |
| ·Ronald Dworkin:a single right answer to a legal dispute | 第39页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第39-40页 |
| ·Reasons for vagueness in legal English | 第40-46页 |
| ·Requirement of legislation | 第40-42页 |
| ·Quality of language itself | 第42-43页 |
| ·Limitation of communication | 第43-44页 |
| ·Cultural differences | 第44-46页 |
| 3. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE HEDGES IN THEGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICE | 第46-57页 |
| ·Research questions | 第47页 |
| ·The hypothesis of the present study | 第47页 |
| ·The corpus of the study | 第47页 |
| ·Corpus collection and analysis | 第47-49页 |
| ·Results | 第49-50页 |
| ·Discussion and analysis | 第50-57页 |
| ·Adaptors as hedging devices in the GATS | 第50-52页 |
| ·Rounders as hedging devices in the GATS | 第52-54页 |
| ·Reasons of not using shields in the GATS | 第54-55页 |
| ·The functions of hedges in the GATS | 第55-57页 |
| 4. CONCLUSION | 第57-60页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitation and suggestions for further study | 第58-60页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第60-63页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第63-64页 |
| 个人简历 | 第64页 |
| 发表的学术论文 | 第64页 |
