AStudyonLexicalFeaturesofBusinessnglish英语毕业论文.doc

A Study on Lexical Features of Business English 1. Introduction With China’s successful entrance into WTO (the world trade organization), China is playing more and more important role in global economy. As a result, to operate Business English accurately and effectively in international trade exercises has become much essential and important. It is needed to conduct and improve more business practice increasingly and reasonably so that the engagement of China憇 economy into the globalization Business English is defined as specialized English used in purchase agreement、sales confirmation、letter of credit、bill of lading and insurance policy in international trade. The essay mainly deals with the study of lexical features of Business English. Chapter first begins to analyze one of lexical features of business English, namely，specialty----the usage of specialized words(in the business field). Chapter second concentrates on formality，the other lexical features. That is to mention the choose of formal and proper business vocabulary. Chapter third is to introduce the principle of Accuracy in the use of business words. Chapter fifth is the conclusion. 2. Specialization 2.1 Specialized vocabulary Vocabularies in business contain three levels: ordinary, semi-specialized and specialized. Ordinary words in English are those used in normal life. While the semi-specialized ones are used in a much large scale due to business words’ coming from the field of trade、economic and law. This is demonstrated in an instance: we consider it different to file a claim against the manufactures. This “claim” here means to recognize as to “claim a watch”. However, the “claim” in the mentioned sentence means compensation. These sort of words are found wildly in business English as accept、credit、honor and so on. 2.2 Acronyms The usage of acronyms is a common phenomenon in business English. It is necessary to use Acronyms rather than wording sentences，which makes the business material