摘 要
   
模糊语言是指带有模糊性的自然语言，或者也指语言表达时所呈现出的一种不精确的现象。作为语言的一种客观存在，也是自然语言的必然属性，无论是在语音、语义、词汇还是在语法等诸多方面都有所表现，它在人类的交际中扮演着非常重要的角色。本文基于国内外学者对模糊语言的研究，从模糊词汇，模糊词块，模糊语句，模糊修辞这四方面入手分析英文景点介绍语中典型的模糊语言现象及其语用功能。通过研究发现英文景点介绍语中存在着大量模糊语言，模糊语言表现形式多种多样，具体表现为模糊名词，模糊动词，模糊形容词、模糊副词和模糊短语，还有模糊语句以及模糊修辞。模糊语言在英文景点介绍语中的应用具有如下实际的语用功能：能够提高景点介绍语的准确性、加强景点介绍语的有效性、加强景点介绍语的生动性和增加英文景点介绍语文本的美感，从而增加了景点的吸引力。本研究旨在对英文景点介绍语的阅读、理解及写作产生一定的影响，同时让更多的人意识到模糊语言也是英文景点介绍语中不可缺失的重要部分，在其中扮演着至关重要的角色。

关键词：模糊语言；英文景点介绍语；表现形式；语用功能

ABSTRACT
   
Vague language means natural language with ambiguity, or refers to an inaccurate phenomenon presented in language expression. As a kind of objective existence of the language, and also the essential property of natural language, vague language plays a very important role in human communication, wherever in phonetics, semantics, vocabulary or grammar. This paper, based on some typical English scenic spot introductions, analyzes the pragmatic functions of vague language in English scenic spot introductions from vague words, vague phrases, vague sentences and vague rhetoric. The study has found that the language used in the English scenic spot introductions contains a lot of vague language. These vague expressions may manifest themselves in many ways, such as vague words like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, vague phrases or vague sentences and vague rhetoric. The existence of those vague language in the English scenic spot introductions has the following four pragmatic functions:  improving accuracy of the English scenic spot introductions, improving the efficiency of the English scenic spot introductions, improving the vividness of the English scenic spot introductions, and improving the aesthetic feeling of the English scenic spot introductions，which can enhance the attraction of the scenic spot. Those findings are of great value to reading, understanding, and writing of the English scenic spot introductions, and help people realize that vague language is an important part of the English scenic spot introductions and it plays a vital role in them.

Key words: Vague language; English scenic spot introductions; expressions; pragmatic functions