语域视角下分析商务函电的写作原则_英语论文

Analysis on Writing Principles of Business English Correspondence from the Perspective of Register Theory

摘要

随着全球经济一体化的飞速发展，贸易沟通在商业活动中的重要性日益显著。语言准确、礼貌的商务函电能够更好地传递信息，帮助贸易双方建立业务关系，促使达成交易。同时，商务函电作为一种专门用途英语，在商务活动中形成了自己独有的写作风格。本文以语域理论为基础，从语场、语旨、语式三个层面分析了商务函电的写作原则，旨在从一个全新的角度研究商务函电，为读者掌握商务函电写作原则提供新的视角，为商务函电的写作提供一些帮助。

关键词：商务函电  语域视角  写作原则

Abstract

With the rapid development of economic globalization, the importance of business communication is becoming more and more remarkable in trade activities. Business correspondence with correct and polite language can transmit the information better; help the two sides establish business relations and promote them to make a deal. Meanwhile, as a type of English for special purposes, business correspondence has formed unique writing style in business activities. This thesis, based on register theory, tries to analyze the writing principles of business correspondence from the perspectives of field, tenor and mode. It is aiming at studying the business correspondence from a new view, providing new angle for readers to grasp its writing principles and offering some help to the writers of business correspondence. 

Keywords: Business Correspondence  the Perspective of Register  Writing Principles

Contents

Introduction 1

ChapterⅠ The Requirements of Field for the Principles of Completeness and  Correctness 2

1.1 The Constraints of Field on the Principle of Completeness 2

1.2 The Constraints of Field on the Principle of Correctness 4

Chapter Ⅱ The Requirements of Tenor for the Principle of Courtesy 7

2.1 Option of Person 7

2.2 Application of Mood 8

2.3 Expression of Modality 9

Chapter Ⅲ The Requirements of Mode for the Principles of Clarity and  Concreteness  13

3.1 Syntactic Structure 13

3.2 Textual Structure 14

Conclusion 15

References 17

Acknowledgments 18