Exploratory Analysis of Vague Digital Terms and Its Pragmatic Function in English Business Report
Jie Xiao · Journal of Tianjin University Science and Technology · 2010
Based on first-hand examples from English news report,this paper probes into the proper use of vague digital terms in English business reporting.Statistics show that three phenomena of vague digital terms frequently appear in English business report: vague additives,vagueness by choice of vague words and figure of speech,which is determined by their special pragmatic functions,such as to highlight news events,to report the news objectively,to be more appealing to the readers as well as the reflection of the charm of language:the interaction of accuracy and vagueness.