涉外合同的英语语言特色

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1、摘要实务中有不少涉外经济合同纠纷是因各方对合同文字的理解不一而引起的,究其原因,主要是起草者对合同语言的特殊性缺乏应有的了解,结果导致合同语言的模糊性和不确定性。本文从词法、句法及应用等三个层面对英文经贸合同语言的特殊性及其变化规律进行探讨,以期能有助于对此类合同的阅读和起草。关键词：涉外合同；语言特征；阅读和起草中国最大的论文知识平台www.lwxiezuo.comABSTRACTInpractice,theoccurrenceofinconsistencyininterpretationofthecontractEnglishhasresultedin

2、agoodfewcasesofdisputes.Inessence,itislargelyduetothedraftsman'sfailuretohaveadeep-inunderstandingoftheunderlyingfeaturesofthecontractlanguage,whichmightleadtotheambiguitiesanduncertaintiesofthecontractwording.ThispapertriestoanalyzethelinguisticfeaturesofEnglishbusinesscontractsa

3、tthemorphological,syntacticalanddiscourselevelsrespectivelywithaviewtorenderingahelpinthereadinganddraftingthecontracts.Keywords：contractEnglish;languagefeatures;readinganddrafting中国最大的论文知识平台www.lwxiezuo.comContents1.Introduction12.Literaturereview22.1Studyofcontract22.2Studyofleg

4、alEnglish32.3StudyofcontractEnglish32.4ThestudyofthestylisticfeaturesofcontractEnglishinChina43.ThelanguagefeaturesofcontractEnglish63.1Thelexicalfeatures63.1.1Formalwords63.1.2ArchaicWords73.1.3Synonyms83.1.4Abbreviations83.2Thesyntaxfeatures93.2.1Activevoice93.2.2Presenttense103

5、.2.3Shall+verb103.3Thesententialfeatures113.3.1Declarativesentences113.3.2Longsentences123.3.3Conditionalclauses134.Implications154.1ImplicationforreadingcontractEnglish154.2Implicationfordraftingcontract165.Conclusion17Acknowledgements18References19中国最大的论文知识平台www.lwxiezuo.com1.In

6、troductionLanguageismuchmorethanmerelyameansofcommunication.Itisalsoawayofsignaling,consciouslyorunconsciously,thatwecomefromaparticulararea,orbelongtoacertainsocialgroup.[1]51Everyfieldofexpertisedevelopsitsownlanguagefeatures.[2]36ThelanguageofEnglishusedincontracts,orcontractEn

7、glish,isanimportantbranchoflegalEnglish.LegalEnglishmeansthelanguageofthelawofEngland,America,andsomeothercountrieswhoseofficiallanguageisEnglish.ThesecommonlawsystemcountrieshaveahistoryaboutseveralhundredyearstoexpresslawinEnglish.LegalEnglishisatypeoflegallanguagewithoverlapofl

8、inguisticsandthescienceoflaw.[3]6