| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·Research Background | 第7-9页 |
| ·Introduction to the Topic | 第7-8页 |
| ·General Purpose of the Research | 第8-9页 |
| ·Structure of the Research | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-19页 |
| ·Overseas Literature Review on Vagueness | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review on Vagueness in China | 第13-15页 |
| ·Ambiguity & Fuzziness or Vagueness | 第15-19页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第15-16页 |
| ·Fuzziness or Vagueness | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Three Related Theoretical Frameworks | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Classification of Vague Expressions | 第19-22页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory in Pragmatics | 第22-27页 |
| ·A General Introduction to Adaptation Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Three Related Key Notions of Adaptation Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Three Important Ingredients of the Context | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design and Methodology of Vague Expressions in Bush’s Addresses | 第27-33页 |
| ·Research Plan and Measures | 第27页 |
| ·Corpus | 第27-29页 |
| ·Two Kinds of Corpus | 第27-28页 |
| ·Corpus in this Thesis | 第28-29页 |
| ·Language Characteristics of the Corpus | 第29-33页 |
| ·With a Well-targeted Topic | 第29-30页 |
| ·With a Clear-cut Stand | 第30页 |
| ·Popularity | 第30-31页 |
| ·Masses-centeredness | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Five Quantitative Analysis of Vague Expressions in Bush’s Addresses | 第33-47页 |
| ·Vague Extent Expressions | 第33-34页 |
| ·Vague Scope Expressions | 第34-36页 |
| ·Vague Moderate Expressions | 第36-38页 |
| ·Vague Frequency Expressions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Vague Personal Expressions | 第39-41页 |
| ·Vague Quantifying Expressions | 第41-42页 |
| ·Vague Likelihood Expressions | 第42-43页 |
| ·Vague Modal Verbs | 第43-45页 |
| ·Vague Indefinite Expressions | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Six Adaptability Analysis of Vague Expressions in Bush’s Addresses from Pragmatic Perspective | 第47-59页 |
| ·Adaptability to Mental World | 第47-51页 |
| ·Adaptability to Emotions | 第47-48页 |
| ·Adaptability to Beliefs | 第48-50页 |
| ·Adaptability to Desires to be Recognized | 第50-51页 |
| ·Adaptability to Social World | 第51-54页 |
| ·Adaptability to Social Settings or Institutions | 第51-52页 |
| ·Adaptability to Uncertainty of Social Activities | 第52-54页 |
| ·Adaptability to Physical World | 第54-59页 |
| ·Adaptability to Content’s Impreciseness | 第54-55页 |
| ·Adaptability to Quantifying Impreciseness | 第55-56页 |
| ·Adaptability to Temporal Deixis | 第56-57页 |
| ·Adaptability to Object Uncertainty | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第59页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第59-61页 |
| Acknowledgment | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| Publications | 第67-68页 |
