商务英语合同中名词化结构的类型分析

The type analysis of nominalization structure in the contract of business English

商务英语合同是英语在法律语境和商务语境中的一种变体,按照正式程度划分属于庄重文体。为了达到其正式严谨准确的语言风格,商务英语合同中存在着大量的名词化结构。通过对西方主流语言学派对名词化研究成果的分析发现,系统功能语言学认为名词化是一种语法隐喻的工具。本文正是从语法隐喻的角度分析了商务英语合同中名词化结构的主要类型,即事件过程名词化和事物特征名词化。为涉外合同的拟定和翻译提供一定的理论基础。

Business English contract is variation of the English language in both legal and business context,and belongs to frozen style.The realization of formalness,preciseness and accuracy in business English contract is made through nominalization,which is,based on studies of systemic-functional linguistics,a means of grammatical metaphor.This paper makes a preliminary discussion on the basic types of nominalization in business English contract,i.e.nominalizing verbs and nominalizing adjectives,which could provide the theoretical foundation for business English contract writing and translation.