a brief study of the linguistic characters in contractual english

《a brief study of the linguistic characters in contractual english》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。

1、毕业论文ABriefStudyoftheLinguisticCharactersinContractualEnglish1.Introduction12.TheDefinitionofContractandContractualEnglish22.1TheDefinitionofContract22.2TheDefinitionofContractualEnglish33.TheLinguisticFeaturesofContractualEnglish43.1TheLexicalFeatures43.1.1Formality43.1.2Archais

2、m63.1.3Accuracy73.1.4ParallelismofSynonymsandNear-Synonyms73.1.5ModalAuxiliaries103.1.6TerminologicalVocabulary123.1.7Avoidanceofpronouns133.2TheSyntacticFeatures143.2.1LongandComplicatedSentences143.2.2FlexibleSentenceStructure163.2.2.1AdverbialClause163.2.2.2Attributiveclause1

3、73.2.2.3NominalStructure193.2.2.4PrepositionalPhrases213.3OtherfeaturesofContractualEnglish233.3.1PassiveSentences233.3.2SimplePresentTense243.3.3Words-and-Numeralsapproachusedtoconveynumbers253.3.4TheCapitalizationofSomeNounsinContract254.Conclusion26References281.IntroductionS

4、incetheadoptionofthepolicytopromotereformandopeningtotheoutsideworld,anincreasingnumberofcompaniesandfactorieshasparticipatedintheforeigntradebusiness.AfterChina’sentrytotheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)in2001,-29-毕业论文Chinahasbeenenjoyingrapiddevelopmentofforeigntradewithcountriesa

5、roundtheworld.WhendoingbusinesswithindividualsorotherorganizationsfromEnglishspeakingornon-Englishspeakingcountries,contractswritteninEnglishareusuallysignedamongallpartiesinvolvedinthedealinordertoensurethefulfillmentofobligationandtheenjoymentofrightswhichareindicatedinthecont

6、ract.Thus,Englishcontractshavebecomeanindispensablepartoftoday’sbusinesslife.WilliamMurrayoncesaid,“Mostofthedisputesintheworldarisefromwords.”(Net.1.)Hiscommentinformsusthatlanguageisakeyissuefullofsensitivities.Thoughtherehavealreadybeensomebooks,suchasInvestigatingEnglishStyl

7、ewrittenbyDavidCrystalandDerekDavy,TheElementsofLegalStylewrittenbyBryan,A.Garner,IntroductiontoEnglishStylisticseditedbyWangZuoliang,DingWangdao,dedicatedtothesubjectwhichisthesameastheauthor’s,yetinsufficientpracticalusehasbeenaddressed.Theauthorofthispaperwilldirectthisdisser

8、tationtogivethereadersanoverallaccountoftheling