| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Origin of Topic and Proposition of Issues | 第9-10页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis and Realistic Implication | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of This Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 A Glimpse at Fuzzy Words | 第13-33页 |
| ·Fuzziness in Language | 第13-14页 |
| ·From Uncertainty to Fuzziness: a Big Change in Thinking | 第14-16页 |
| ·Intrinsic Fuzziness and Informational Fuzziness | 第16-18页 |
| ·Historical Resource and Development of Fuzzy Sets Theory | 第18-25页 |
| ·Reasoning on the Notion of a Fuzzy Set | 第18-19页 |
| ·Lofti A.Zadeh's Fuzzy Sets | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classes and Sets | 第20-21页 |
| ·Definition of a Fuzzy Set | 第21-23页 |
| ·Two-valued Logics and Multivalent Logics | 第23-25页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Fuzziness | 第25-28页 |
| ·Defining Fuzzy Language | 第25-27页 |
| ·A Working Definition of Fuzzy Words | 第27-28页 |
| ·Reasons of Fuzziness in Language | 第28-33页 |
| ·Objective Reason | 第28-29页 |
| ·Subjective Reason | 第29-30页 |
| ·Linguistic Reason | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter 3 An Insight into Fuzzy Words | 第33-74页 |
| ·Fuzziness,Generality,Vagueness,Ambiguity and their Differentiations | 第33-36页 |
| ·Fuzziness | 第34页 |
| ·Vagueness | 第34-35页 |
| ·Generality | 第35页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第35-36页 |
| ·Vagueness vs.Ambiguity | 第36页 |
| ·Fuzzy Word,Vague Word,Ambiguous Word,Hedge Word and their Semantic Recognitions | 第36-40页 |
| ·Features of 'Semantic Fuzziness' in Words | 第40-52页 |
| ·Universality and Objectivity | 第40-44页 |
| ·Phonetic Level | 第41-42页 |
| ·Lexical Level | 第42-43页 |
| ·Sentence and Utterance Levels | 第43-44页 |
| ·Uncertainty,Certainty and Variability | 第44-50页 |
| ·Boundary Cases,Prototype and Grades of Membership | 第44-46页 |
| ·Uncertainty vs.Certainty | 第46-48页 |
| ·Variability and Transformation from Fuzziness to Precision | 第48-50页 |
| ·Practicality and Functionality | 第50-52页 |
| ·Quantitative Description of Grades of Membership in Meanings of Fuzzy Word | 第52-58页 |
| ·Multivalent Non-linguistic and Linguistic Factors Related to Decoding Fuzzy Words | 第58-67页 |
| ·Gagne's Information Processing Model | 第58-60页 |
| ·Mental Lexicon | 第60-63页 |
| ·Interpretation of Meanings | 第63-65页 |
| ·Grice's Co-operative Principle and Subjective Judgement | 第65-67页 |
| ·Approaches to Fuzzy Words Comprehension and Utilization | 第67-74页 |
| ·Relative Accuracy | 第67-69页 |
| ·Prototype | 第69-70页 |
| ·Collocation Limits | 第70-71页 |
| ·Context Limits | 第71-72页 |
| ·Make-up-for Question | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion:A Bright Outlook for Fuzzy Words | 第74-78页 |
| ·Looking Forward to Implications for Fuzzy Words Understanding | 第74-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Paper and Books Published during Graduate Study | 第78-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79-80页 |
| References | 第80-82页 |
| AppendixⅠ Raw Data of 'Mid-term' Fuzzy Meaning Survey | 第82-84页 |
| AppendixⅡ Frequency Distribution of 'Mid-term' | 第84-87页 |
