| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data Selection | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-28页 |
| ·Vagueness Associated with Sorites Paradox and Fuzzy Logic | 第13-14页 |
| ·Explaining Vagueness in the Context of Semantics | 第14-19页 |
| ·Semantics and Vagueness | 第14-15页 |
| ·Ruth M. Kempson's Categorization | 第15-19页 |
| ·Legal Language | 第19-24页 |
| ·Relationship between Language and Law | 第19-20页 |
| ·Linguistic Features of Legal Language | 第20-22页 |
| ·Sources of Vagueness in Legal Language | 第22-24页 |
| ·Previous Research in the Field of Vagueness in Legal Language | 第24-27页 |
| ·Timothy's Standard View | 第24页 |
| ·H.L.A. Hart's Open-texture Theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Ronald Dworkin's Theory of Adjudication | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Linguistic Realization of Vagueness in Legal Language—in Semantic Perspective | 第28-47页 |
| ·Model for Categorization of Hedge in Legal Language | 第28-31页 |
| ·Definition of Hedge | 第28页 |
| ·Categorization of Hedges | 第28-31页 |
| ·Model for Analyzing Hedges in Legal Language | 第31-38页 |
| ·Shields | 第31-34页 |
| ·Modal Auxiliaries | 第31-33页 |
| ·Probability Adverbs and Their Derivative Adjectives | 第33-34页 |
| ·Approximators | 第34-37页 |
| ·Adaptors | 第34-36页 |
| ·Rounders | 第36-37页 |
| ·Findings about Hedges Used in Legal Documents | 第37-38页 |
| ·General orAbstract Lexis. | 第38-44页 |
| ·Abstract Legal Terminology and Concepts | 第39-41页 |
| ·Subjective and Psychological Lexis | 第41-44页 |
| ·Descriptive or Evaluative Lexis | 第44-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Four A Pragmatic Approach to Vagueness in Law | 第47-65页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第48-49页 |
| ·Application of Cooperative Principle in the Analysis | 第49-50页 |
| ·Flouting Maxim of Manner | 第50-58页 |
| ·Politeness and Face | 第58-61页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Vagueness in Legal Language | 第61-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-68页 |
