商务英语信函写作原则的词汇研究_英语论文

A Research on Lexicon in Writing Principles of Business English Correspondence

摘要

如今的我们已经进入了全球化时代，宛如生活在一个“地球村”。而就从事商业活动的人们而言，语言沟通是他们面临的一项极为困难的挑战。英语为世界官方语言，因此也成了国际贸易活动中最为活跃的“宠儿”。然而，由于文化，地域，以及个人能力的差异，在英语商务信函写作中也出现了一些问题，引起了许多误会，间接影响了商业活动的有效开展。词汇是语言必不可少的组成部分之一，而是否能够使用正确的英语词汇进行写作也是一个难点。因为不同词汇所传达出的意义和情感是由差别的，优势甚至会造成交往中出现大的失误。因此，对词汇进行研究尤为必要。本文主要介绍了商务英语信函写作的定义，背景及特点，重点研究了其词汇特征，旨在给商务英语信函写作学习者一些提供一些建议，以便他们可以更好地从事这方面的工作。

关键词：商务英语信函；写作原则；词汇特征

Abstract

Today we have come to an era of globalization and it seems that we live in a “globalized village”. To people who do work in commercial activities, language communication has become a great challenge facing them. English, as the world’s official language, has undoubtedly become the most used language in international commercial activities. However, due to the differences in culture, region, and so on, there are many problems in business English writing, which caused many misunderstandings and then indirectly affected the development of commercial activities. Lexicon is an integrated part of language and it is difficult to choose right words to write a business letters. Therefore, it is of great significance to have a good knowledge of them. This thesis mainly introduced the definition of business English writing, background. Moreover, we focused on the characteristics of the lexicon in business English writing so as to provide some suggestions to learners of business English writing and improving their ability to do a better job. 

Key words: Business English letters, writing principles, lexical features