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A Study of Hedges in Pride and Prejudice
LU Yuwen, GAO Wencheng
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2019.08.003
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Human language is fuzzy, which can be reflected by hedges. Prince has divided hedges into adaptor, rounder, plausibility shields, and attribution shields. In a dialogue, hedges can protect face of the speakers and relieve some of the speaker’s responsibilities as well as make linguistic expressions more implicit, polite, and flexible. Based on this classification, the paper analyzes some typical hedges and their functions used in the dialogues of the novel Pride and Prejudice, so as to have a deeper understanding of the major characters and the theme of the novel.
fuzzy language, Pride and Prejudice, hedges
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