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1、AStudyofBusinessEnglishLettersfromthePerspectiveoftheCooperativePrinciple1.0IntroductionSinceChinabegantoopenuptotheoutsideworldandespeciallyjoinedtheWTO,businessactivitieshaveincreasedrapidly.Todayallkindsofcommunicationmeans,suchasletters,telegrams,telexes,faxesande-mails,areappliedininte
2、rnationalbusiness.However,mostcompaniesstillchoosebusinesslettersasthemainmethodtoestablishbusinessrelations,cooperatewithbusinesspartnersanddealwithcommercialtransactions.Besidesbeinganefficienttooltoconveyinformation,lettersarealsoacceptedaspermanentrecords,writtencontractsandlegaldocumen
3、tsoftransactions,sobusinessEnglishlettersattractmoreandmoreattentionandbecomemoreandmorenecessaryforbusinesspersons.Asbusinesslettershavetheiruniquelinguisticfeatures,theyalsoarouselinguisticresearchers’interest.TheyanalyzebusinessEnglishlettersonthebasisofmanylinguistictheories,oneofwhichi
4、sthecooperativeprinciple.ThisthesisaimstostudybusinessEnglishlettersfromtheperspectiveofthecooperativeprinciple.First,anintroductiontobusinesslettersismade.Then,anoverviewofthecooperativeprincipleismade,afterwhichanalysesaremadeoftheapplicationofthecooperativeprincipletobusinessEnglishlette
5、rs.Itishopedthatthisstudycouldgivebusinesspersonsadviceandhelpintheirpracticalwork.2.0AGeneralIntroductiontoBusinessEnglishLetters2.1DefinitionofBusinessEnglishLettersAsanimportantpartofbusinessactivities,businesslettersareaspecialcommunicationmeans.AccordingtoOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish
6、-ChineseDictionary(Hornby,1997:1003),alettermeansamessagewrittendownorprintedonpaper,usuallyputinanenvelopeandsenttosomebodyororganization.Businesslettersrefertolettersusedtodealwithbusiness.AsEnglishisnowwidelyusedintheworld,businessEnglishlettersareanimportantmediumininternationalbusiness
7、.2.2FunctionsofBusinessEnglishLettersAtpresent,almostallbusinessorganizationsrealizetheimportanceofbusinesscommunication,becauseallbusinessactivitiesrelyontheexchangeofinformation.Thoughbusinesscommunicationcouldbeachievedinmanyways,businesslettersaresti
