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毕 业 论 文 作 者: 陈 恩 咪 学 号： 0914070302 学院(系): 外 国 语 学 院 专 业: 英 语 题 目: 美国总统奥巴马演讲中模糊修饰语 的语用分析 指导者： 陈莲洁 讲师 (姓 名) (专业技术职务) 评阅者： 严培华 讲师 (姓 名) (专业技术职务) 2013年4月 毕 业 论 文 中 文 摘 要 本研究选取美国总统奥巴马的十篇具有代表性的演说为语料依据自建小型语料库，以三篇作着重数据分析，其余语料作参考，挑出符合模糊修饰语（也有学者翻译为模糊限制语）的表达，统计模糊限制语出现的频率以及各类模糊限制语的分布状况。以合作原则，礼貌原则及面子威胁理论等语用原则为理论基础对数据进行分析，研究模糊限制语的语用功能在政治演讲中的体现方式。通过此研究，希望对政治家或演说者恰当使用模糊语实现交际目的有所启发；此外，奥巴马的演讲素材有助于英语教学，提高中国学生对模糊限制语的了解，并运用于交际技巧。 关键词 政治演说 模糊限制语 语用功能 毕 业 论 文 外 文 摘 要 Title Pragmatic Analysis to Hedges in Obamas Speeches Abstract This paper selects 10 typical examples of political speeches made by President Obama as the corpora. Statistic analyses are emphasized on two of them, and the rest are for reference. The thesis picks out hedges, calculates the frequency and distribution of the hedges among the predominant three examples, which are analyzed under the pragmatic theories of the Cooperative Principle, the Politeness Principle and the Face Threatening Theory, etc. It explores the pragmatic functions of hedges in Obama’s speeches. The research aims to enlighten people like statesmen or speakers. Additionally, it benefits English teaching, which offers Chinese students a better understanding of hedges and application to communicative skills Keywords political speeches hedges pragmatic functions  Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Significance 2 1.3 Organization 2 2 Literature Review 2 2.1 Definition and classification of hedges 2 2.2 Characteristics of Political Speech 6 2.3 Speech styles of Obama 7 2.4 Introduction of Pragmatic Principles 8 3 Data Collection and Methodology 11 3.1 Research Questions 11 3.2 Data Collection 11 3.3 Methodology 12 4 Pragmatic Analysis of Hedges in Political Speeches 12 4.1 Distribution and Frequency of Hedges in Obamas Speeches 13 4.2 Pragmatic