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语用充实、语用异常及词汇阻遏——英语形容词意义的词汇语用考察.docx

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语用充实、语用异常及词汇阻遏——英语形容词意义的词汇语用考察 Introduction Languageisacomplexsystemthatisusedforcommunication.Amongtheseveralcomponentsthatmakeupthelanguage,vocabularyistheessentialcomponentthatdeterminesthemeaningofamessage.InEnglish,adjectivesplayacrucialroleindeterminingthemeaningofthesentence.Adjectivesprovidethenecessarydescriptiontothenounsand,thus,createaclearpictureofthemessage.However,themeaningofadjectivescanbeambiguous,andtheirunderstandingrequiresacomprehensiveanalysisoftheirvocabularyandcontext.Thispaperexaminesthevocabularyandlanguageuseofadjectivesandhowtheyaffectcommunication. TypesofAdjectives Adjectivesaretypicallyclassifiedintothreecategories:descriptive,quantitative,anddemonstrative.Descriptiveadjectivesdescribethequalityofthenounortheobjectandanswerthequestion‘whatkindof.'Quantitativeadjectives,asthenamesuggests,quantifythenoun,andhelpsanswer’howmuch’or‘howmany’questions.Finally,demonstrativeadjectivesprovideinformationabouttheproximityofthenoun.Theyspecifyifthenounisnearorfar. VocabularyandMeaningofAdjectives Themeaningofadjectivescanbeambiguous,andtheirinterpretationrequiresacomprehensiveanalysisoftheirvocabularyandcontext.Forinstance,considertheadjective-‘pretty.’Thedictionarymeaningofthewordprettyisattractive,pleasing,oradmirableinappearance.However,indifferentcontexts,themeaningofprettychanges.Forexample,“heisprettydrunk”meansthepersonisintoxicated,andthewordprettyheremeans‘quite’or‘very.’AnotherexampleiswhenaBritishpersonsayssomeone’sperformancewas‘quitegood.'Theword‘quite’isusedtomean‘much’or‘very,’whichistheoppositeofwhatAmericansunderstandby‘quite’whichmeans‘tosomeextent’or‘moderately.’Thus,understandingthevocabularyofadjectivesisessentialtoavoidmiscommunication. LanguageUseandAdjectives Theeffectivenessofcommunicationdependsontheappropriateuseoflanguage.Adjectivesplayacrucialroleincreatingmeaningandimageryinlanguage.Inthiscontext,languageusereferstothechoiceofwords,grammar,tone,expressionsandoverallstyleusedincommunication.Oneaspectoflanguageuseinadj