模糊语言在我们日常生活中的应用

Application of Fuzzy Language in Our communication

1. Abstract:

Some phrases are useful when we want to say that something is similar to something else, but it is not exactly the same. We often use these phrases because we can't find the exact word that we need.‘kind of and sort of‟ in … I'm kind of happy that school has finished, but I'll miss my friends‟. We can also use kind of and sort of before …like‟ or …similar to‟ .Some people may ask “whether fuzzy language can have a negative influence in our da ily life?” People always think that language should be clear and accurate in business negotiation. Actually, it can not hinder our normal communication instead helping us. Fuzzy language arouses couples of scholar interests in studying on it since American scholar Lofti Zedeh‟s Fuzzy-Set Theory. Fuzzy language refers to the form of language without shapely defined boundaries and with the characteristics of vagueness.

2. Instruction:

Mr. Tieping says: “We can say in a sense, there is no human natural langu age without vague language.” Fuzzy language, as a constitutive property of natural language, is persuasive in every aspect of language. It is a form of language without shapely defined boundaries and characterized by vagueness. As Liu Fang says, Vagueness is one of the basic of attributes of natural languages, which is determined by the objective attributes of language and its imperfection in the function of expression.” In our daily life, communication needs may not be met. Therefore, making the most of fuzzy language is a most and beneficial. There are four situations where fuzzy language is preferred. Firstly the speaker occasionally forgets the precise language. Such as your classmate asked you how much your new dress was , but you forgot , you could say …not much‟. Secondly, there is no precise language or the speakers do not know how to express by precise language. Such as you describe your new friend , you just say she is a good girl, …good‟ is not a specific word. Thirdly, there is no need to use precise language. There is no need to use precise language. You are answering the phone, maybe your classmate will ask “who’s calling?”you do not need to use precise language to describe, maybe you just say one of my friends. Fourthly, fuzzy language is a better way for speaker to develop a more harmonious social environment and let the communication go as smoothly as possible. When you want to say something that may lose listener‟s face ,you often choose fuzzy language which is an instrument for communication .It is necessary to be polite and modest. To put in a nutshell, fuzzy language is taken to be of great importance for its efficient usage in communication. In our daily life, fuzzy language is used frequently for different aims and a variety of reasons. Sometimes people are just not willing to make the problems as clear as crystal in order to leave some possibility of retracting the words. Sometimes fuzzy words can make the expressions more economic and get the meaning fully crossed. Although people use imprecise expression and undefined terms, they also can understand each other. They use fuzzy language to reinforce the flexibility of language , it is also one of the principles: When someone asks you where your mother is, but you can not say accurately ,In fact you do not know, but you do not want him to be disappointed ,so you just say my mother is either in the house or at the market.

There are some fuzzy words used in our communication. More or less: There‟s twenty minutes