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    Vague Language

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    The document discusses vague language used in approximating expressions. It provides examples of vague quantifiers like "a few", vague nouns like "thing" and "stuff", generalizers like "sort of" and "kind of", list completers like "and stuff" and "and things", and approximating adjectives ending in "-ish". The purpose is to analyze language used to express uncertainty or approximation rather than precise values or concepts.

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    Vague Language

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    The document discusses vague language used in approximating expressions. It provides examples of vague quantifiers like "a few", vague nouns like "thing" and "stuff", generalizers like "sort of" and "kind of", list completers like "and stuff" and "and things", and approximating adjectives ending in "-ish". The purpose is to analyze language used to express uncertainty or approximation rather than precise values or concepts.

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    The document discusses vague language used in approximating expressions. It provides examples of vague quantifiers like "a few", vague nouns like "thing" and "stuff", generalizers like "sort of" and "kind of", list completers like "and stuff" and "and things", and approximating adjectives ending in "-ish". The purpose is to analyze language used to express uncertainty or approximation rather than precise values or concepts.

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    3K views9 pages

    Vague Language

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    LauGalindo
    The document discusses vague language used in approximating expressions. It provides examples of vague quantifiers like "a few", vague nouns like "thing" and "stuff", generalizers like "sort of" and "kind of", list completers like "and stuff" and "and things", and approximating adjectives ending in "-ish". The purpose is to analyze language used to express uncertainty or approximation rather than precise values or concepts.

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    Vague Language

    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    more about around


    or less

    Approximately roughly
    something
    like

    somewhere or so
    in the region
    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    one or a few a couple of


    two

    Vague
    a bit of a lot of
    Quan3ers

    loads of plenty of
    some
    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    over
    More than
    Upwards
    of

    under Less than


    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    up to 20 No more than

    nearly 20 Perhaps 18/19 but not quite 20


    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    thing
    Vague
    Nouns

    stu
    bit
    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    sort of
    Generalisers

    kind of
    you know
    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    List completers and stu

    and things
    like that and that kind and so on
    of things
    or something
    (like that) and so forth
    whatever
    Vague Language

    Approximating Expressions

    Approximately
    Adjec3ve + -ish
    (informal)

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