A Study On The Linguistic Features Of English Business Correspondence

With the development of economic globalization, there is no denying that English business correspondence is essential to International trade. It is an important medium for business activities. Therefore, It goes without saying that study on linguistic features of business correspondence is an important issue.The research applied qualitative and quantitative methods. According to the Basic Writing Principle, Grice’s Cooperative Principle, Leech’s Politeness Principle, Zipf s Economy Principle and authentic data collected from foreign trade companies, the author analyze the linguistic features of English business correspondence from lexicon, syntax and texture.The author wishes this study can provide guidance for English language learners, teachers and foreign trade talents to write English business correspondence better.