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Fuzzy Language’s Communication Function Abstract: This thesis studies fuzzy language’s communicative. By analyzing and comparing a large number of fuzzy language’s usage and a great array of theory about the fuzzy language, this thesis finds that it is of great importance to use fuzzy language to communicate with others. And this thesis takes the causes of fuzzy language, the relationship with the Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle, the usage in daily life and the good effects it causes into consideration. And this finding reinforces the fuzzy language can benefit human being a lot and we should make the most of fuzzy language to our advantage. Only in this way can we have a good command of English or foreign language. Key words: Fuzzy language Cooperative Principle Politeness Principle Communicative function Introduction 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. Many scholars hold the view that fuzzy language is a violation of Cooperative Principle and in order to get across our messages we should use precise language in replace of fuzzy language. However, as Mr. Tieping says: “We can say in a sense, there is no human natural language without vague language.” This thesis analyzes the cause of fuzzy language, the observance of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle, and fuzzy language’s usage and great benefits in daily life, in order to make the importance of fuzzy language more clear. This thesis is trying to help students treat correctly with all kinds of vague concepts during the communication and help them have a good command of fuzzy 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 vaguene