Abstract:

With the development of internationality, business English letters have become an important means for the international business trade. In the international business activities, most transactions are achieved through airmail letters, telegrams, telexes, faxes, or E-mails. Therefore, it is necessary for us to further study business English letters so as to grasp more knowledge of business English letters to deal with international business activities.
    Some specific examples are employed in this paper to illustrate the stylistic features of business English letters. In this paper, the author will discuss the stylistic features of business English letters from the aspects which include the lexical features, syntactic features and textual features. The results indicate that the letters have the lexical features of formal words, technical terms, simple words; In terms of the syntactic features, declarative sentences, long complete sentences, simple present and simple past tense, and active voice are employed in business English letters; In the aspect of the textual features, the text usually covers canonical style, clear and direct expression, and the principle of courtesy.

Keywords: business English letters; stylistic features; lexical features; syntactic features; textual features

摘  要：

随着全球化的发展，商务英语信函已成了一项重要的国际商业贸易手段。在国际贸易活动中，大部分交易是通过航邮，电报，电传，传真，或者电子邮件促成的。因此，对于我们来说，深入地研究商务英语信函是必要的，以便学习更多的商务信函知识，将其更好地运用到国际贸易中去。
本文将引用一些实例来具体说明商务英语信函的文体特征。在这篇文章中作者将会从词汇，句法，语篇特点方面来讨论商务英语信函的文体风格。研究结果表明商务英语信函在词汇方面运用了正式的词汇，术语，简单的词汇；在句式方面，善多运用陈述句，复杂句，一般现在和一般过去时，主动语态；在语篇方面，商务英语信函有其规定的格式，多用简洁，直接的表达方式且多使用礼貌原则。
   
关键词：商务英语信函；文体特征；词汇特征；句法特征；语篇特征