Acknowledgements The author and series editors Text data, its sources, and presentation Chapter 1 What is vague language? Chapter 2 Theory and methodology of the study of vague language Chapter 3 Approximating quantities with numbers and approximators Chapter 4 Approximating quantities with round numbers Chapter 5 Approximating quantities with non-numerical vague quantifiers Chapter 6 Referring vaguely to categories Chapter 7 Tbingy and wbatsisname: placeholder words Chapter 8 The uses of vague language Chapter 9 Going beyond the information given Bibliography Glossary Index