Fuzzy Words Distribution in Management Science Research Articles

作     者：董艳云 白永权 蒋跃 

作者机构：西安交通大学外国语学院陕西西安710049 

出 版 物：《Sino-US English Teaching》 (中美英语教学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2007年第4卷第3期

页      面：37-42页

学科分类：0501[文学-中国语言文学] 0303[法学-社会学] 050102[文学-语言学及应用语言学] 03[法学] 030303[法学-人类学] 05[文学] 

基　　金：本文由国家社会科学基金项目资助.项目名称:自然语言的模糊性及其翻译的研究(编号:04BYY046) 

主　　题：academic research articles in management science fuzzy words distribution curve discourse function category research 

摘      要：By using ZHANG Qiao＇s method for identifying fuzzy words （1998）, the present paper makes a statistic analysis of fuzzy words appearing in about 43,000 words of 6 academic research articles in management science. A distribution curve of fuzzy words in management research articles is drawn in accordance with the structures of the articles, and it is proved to be reasonable for tile discourse function of each section. Furthermore, the fuzzy words are divided into three categories and eleven sub-categories, including Category Ⅰ-fuzzy words, Category Ⅱ-fuzzy words＋non-fuzzy part / non-fuzzy part＋fuzzy words, Category Ⅲ-approximators＋fuzzy words. Distribution of fuzzy words varies in different sections of research articles in management science, because of different communicative purposes or discourse functions. Introduction section and Conclusion section have a higher occurrence rate of fuzzy words than Abstract section and Methodology and Data section.