商务英语的语用学研究走向

The Direction of Studies of Pragmatics for Business English

本文从商务英语的源起和发展、言语行为研究、礼貌和面子理论研究、语用能力研究四个方面分析了商务英语的语用学研究基础,从中发现一些商务英语的语用学研究走向:商务语用学是商务英语研究的理论基础;礼貌和面子角度融入多文化、多语种背景下的互动性、协商性的因素是未来商务话语、商务言语行为的研究方向;商务语用能力研究需要特别考虑英语通用语背景下的商务话语特点以及动态语境下商务语用能力的生成。

The present study analyzes the basis of pragmatics studies for business English from four perspectives ： the origin and development of business English ; studies of speech acts ; studies of politeness and face theory ; and studies of pragmatic competence. The direction of studies is predicted： business pragmatics is the theoretical basis of business English; interaction and negotiation under the background of multi-culture and multi-language involving into the views of politeness and face theory are the direction of future studies of business discourse and business speech acts ; the studies of business pragmatic competence ought to consider the features of business discourse under the background of English as a Lingua Franca and the generation of business pragmatic competence under dynamic context.