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1、IntroductionWiththedevelopmentoftheworldeconomy,Chinaownsanirreplaceablepositioninworldtrade.BusinessEnglish,asakindofcommonlanguageforspecificpurpose,isanimportanttoolinforeigneconomicactivities.Businesscorrespondenceservesasanimportantintermediaryofexchangingi
2、nformation,buildingandmaintainingharmoniousbusinessrelationshipsanddoingotherbusinessactivities.Politeness,asanimportantcriterioninlanguageactivities,isaprerequisitetoestablishagoodinternationalrelationship.Politenessisalsoanimportantcharacteristicinbusinesscorr
3、espondence.Undertheguidanceofthepolitenessprinciple,Englishcorrespondencecanaccuratelyexpresssincerityandrespect,realizeeffectivecommunication,promotethedevelopmentofthebusinessactivitiessmoothly,andfinallycontributetothebusinesscooperation.InOxfordAdvancedlearn
4、er’sEnglish-ChineseDictionarypolitenessisdefinedas“1.Havingorshowingthatonehasgoodmannerandconsiderationforotherpeople;2.(typical)ofasuperiorclassofsociety;refined”Politeness,asauniversalphenomenonexistinginourdailycommunicationandpermeatingineveryaspectofanindi
5、vidual’slife,hasdrawnalotoflinguists’attention.Lakeoffthinksthat“politenessisasystemofinternationalrelationsdesignedtofacilitateinteractionbyminimizingthepotentialforconflictandconfrontationinherentinallhumaninterchange”(Lakeoff,1973:298).Politeness’theoryofBrow
6、nandLevinson’swasoriginallypublishedin1978;theyconsiderpolitenessasformsofbehaviorthatallowcommunicationtotakeplacebetweenpotentiallyaggressivepartners(Brown&23Levinson,1978).Politenessplayssuchanimportantroleinthewholeprocessofthebusinesscommunicationanditisals
7、otheessentialskillthatallbusinesspersonsshouldmaster.However,whenwelookintothewritingprocessofbusinesscorrespondenceinChina,wemayfindthatmuchattentionispaidtotheinformationalfunctionratherthantheinterpersonalfunction.SointhebusinessEnglishworldthestudyofpolitene
8、ssisanimperativething.231.AnoverviewofpolitenessprinciplePoliteness,asapublicactivityexistinginalotoflanguagecommunities,attractsgreatattentionfromthesocialistsandlin
