商务英语信函的句法特征研究_英语论文

A Study of the Syntactic Features of English Business Correspondence

摘要

为了帮助英语学习者及外贸工作者在商务英语信函写作中用句准确，本文从商务英语方向本科生的指定教材和全国外贸业务员考试教材《国际商务函电》中选取由询价到合同达成过程中所涉及的100篇真实的商务英语信函进行定量和定性分析，并从句子长度、句子类型、句子结构和句子语态方面对商务信函进行句法方面的研究，进而指出在商务英语信函的句法选择中应多使用一些结构完整的长句、陈述句和被动句，同时兼顾句子结构的多样性。

关键词：商务英语信函  句子长度  句子类型  句子结构  句子语态 

Abstract

In order to help business English learners and international trade business practitioners to select the appropriate sentences while preparing business correspondence, 100 authentic business English letters in the designated textbooks of business English undergraduate and examination materials of national foreign trade clerks International Business Letters are collected and the syntactic features are analyzed for business English writing from the aspects of sentence length, sentence type, sentence structure and sentences voice. After analyzing the collected business letters, it is found that in English business correspondence, it is better to use some well-structured long sentence, declarative sentence and some passive sentence and choose various sentence structures.

Keywords: English business correspondence  Sentence Length  Sentence Type  Sentence Structure  Sentence Voice 

Contents

Introduction 1

ChapterⅠ Sentence Length 3

    1.1 Long Sentences 3

1.2 Short Sentences 5

ChapterⅡ Sentence Type 7

    2.1 Declarative Sentences 7

2.2 Interrogative Sentences 8

2.3 Imperative Sentences and Exclamatory Sentences 10

Chapter Ⅲ Sentences Structure 12

    3.1 Simple Sentences 12

3.2 Compound Sentences and Complex Sentences 14

Chapter Ⅳ Sentences Voice 17

    4.1 Active Voice 17

4.2 Passive Voice 19

Conclusion 23

References 25

Acknowledgments 26