Abstract

In order to distinguish the differences between Business English vocabulary and common English vocabulary, this thesis mainly focuses on characteristics of Business English and clarifies characteristics of Business English and its applications in commercial activities by analyzing specific cases, this will be good for carrying out commercial activities and avoiding divergences and unnecessary disputes that result from misnomers in international trade. This paper aims to help foreign trade specialists to be familiar with Business English vocabulary and use these vocabularies with high proficiency.

Keywords: Business English; Business English vocabulary; characteristics; applications

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-1

3. The Characteristics of Business English Vocabularies-2

3.1 Official, accurate and rigorous-3

3.2 Polysemy-4

3.3 Terminology-4

3.4 Breviary-5

3.5 The expansion of new vocabulary-6

3.6 The innovative combination of E-commerce vocabularies-6

4. Applications of Business English vocabularies in Commercial Activities-7

4.1 The application in trade contracts and business correspondence-8

4.2 The application in international payments and settlements-9

4.3 The application in business negotiation-10

4.4 The application in foreign investment-11

5. Conclusion-12

Works Cited-14