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usinessmen recognize business English correspondence plays an important role in the stage of the foreign trade. It is of great importance to be familiar with business English correspondence so as to make sure the foreign trade would be developed successfully.
1.1 Definition of business English correspondence
“Business English correspondence is an electronic letter used to communicate in the field of foreign trade” (Briger, 2003: 6). It is one of the important communicating tools in international business. As electronic technology quickly develops nowadays, the correspondence has differences from the traditional letters. It exists in the new forms such as e-mail, fax or MSN.
1.2 Definition of international trade
“International trade means business activities in which a country or region engages with other countries or regions on the exchanges of goods, services and technology” (Li, 2010: 25). International trade has the function which can not only link the developed countries to one another but also can bring the countries and regions of low manufacturing and developing level to the high manufacturing and developed areas in order to make the products of these countries valuable and promote the development of these nations. Conducting international business activities can participate in the national division of labor, and save social workforce. In addition, to accelerate the expansion of social reproduction can utilize the national resources.
1.3 Characteristics of business English correspondence
Business English correspondence is one of the particular writing styles with wide-range content, great difficulty and powerful practical functions. It has its unique vocabulary features, linguistic style and textual characteristics. The essay tries to analyze the connection between the features of business English correspondence and the interpretations of cognitive context with respects to the reference words, relevance theory and textual organization.
1.3.1 Centralization of business English correspondence's function
As the rapid development of world integration, people conduct a deepening cooperation relation with each other. Since China joined the World Trade Organization, it has establishing a closer contact with other countries in doing business transactions. Foreign trade and technical cooperation are developing quite fast. With the prosperous development of the world economy, business English correspondence is becoming an indispensable tool in international business activities, many business transactions are done through business English correspondence. Without the efforts of utilizing business English correspondence to establish business relationships, achieving an agreement, carrying out a contract and solving the disputes occurred during conducting the contract will be hardly be done successfully. Therefore, foreign trade is also called “document trade” (Lin, 2005: 15). When conducting foreign business, the correspondence between the two trading parties can be an important document, especially when trade disputes occur. It may affect the disputes-solving result. As foreign trade is becoming more and more dependent on the process of document exchange, the function of business English correspondence is more and more obvious in foreign trade. Business English correspondence is becoming more and more important.
1.3.2 Informatization of business English correspondenc