Contents
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Chapter One Introduction-1
1.1 The Background and Significance of This Study-1
1.2 Business Claim Correspondence and Its Writing Requirements-1
1.3 The Structure of This Thesis-2
Chapter Two Literature Review-3
2.1 Previous Studies on Business English Correspondence-3
2.2 Previous Studies on Business English Claim Correspondence-3
Chapter Three Semantic Features of Sentence in Business English Claim Correspondence-5
3.1 The Features of Sentence Subject-5
3.1.1 Using It as the Subject-5
3.1.2 Avoiding You-Attitude-5
3.1.3 Using the Contents to be Claimed as the Subject-6
3.2 The Feature of Mood-7
3.3 The Features of Modality-8
3.3.1 Using Low-value and Middle-value Modal-8
3.3.2 Using Modal Metaphor-9
Chapter Four Conclusion-11
4.1 Major Findings-11
4.2 Limitations-11
References-12
