In this paper, relations among the membership values of gener- alized fuzzy languages such as intuitionistic fuzzy language, interval-valued fuzzy language and vague language are studied. It will aid in studying the properties of one language when the properties of another are known. Further, existence of a minimized nite automaton with vague ( final) states for any vague regular language recog...

the present study is an attempt to investigate the use of vague expressions by intermediate efl learners. more specifically, the current study focuses on the structures and functions of one of the most common categories of vague language, i.e. general extenders. the data include a 22-hour corpus of english-as-a-foreign-language conversations. a comparison is also made between this corpus and a ...

this paper is concerned with the analysis of the spoken language of teenagers, taken from a newly developed specialised corpus the british and taiwanese teenage intercultural communication corpus (batticc). more specifically, the study employs a discourse analytical approach to examine vague language in an intercultural context among a group of british and taiwanese adolescents, paying particul...

Vague language is observed in elements that make the meaning unclear. In this pragma-linguistic paper, authors aim to review different proposed theories and definitions of vague were suggested middle past century. Through discourse analysis usage, justify politeness communication, gender, culture, press releases, education. Authors found there dissatisfaction among speakers with describing term...

This paper is concerned with the analysis of the spoken language of teenagers, taken from a newly developed specialised corpus the British and Taiwanese Teenage Intercultural Communication Corpus (BATTICC). More specifically, the study employs a discourse analytical approach to examine vague language in an intercultural context among a group of British and Taiwanese adolescents, paying particul...

Abstract Difficulties have long been observed in communicating legal rights to some Aboriginal people Australia. In the Northern Territory, audio translations of right silence languages can be used police interviews. This study examines two sets languages. Also included each case are front-translations – intermediate English texts facilitate translation as well that likely informed translations...

 The present study is an attempt to investigate the use of vague expressions by intermediate EFL learners. More specifically, the current study focuses on the structures and functions of one of the most common categories of vague language, i.e. general extenders. The data include a 22-hour corpus of English-as-a-foreign-language conversations. A comparison is also made between this corpus and a...

This study employs discourse analysis to examine the pragmatic functions of vague language in Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address. By interpreting hedging, abstract concepts and generalizations address, author explores how is strategically utilized by political leaders achieve his purposes, such as establishing unity inclusivity, alluding past grievances, promising change, eliciting emotional reac...