| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter two Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| ·Definition of English Business Correspondence | 第14-15页 |
| ·Nature of English Business Correspondence | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classification of English Business Correspondence | 第16-17页 |
| ·Functions of English Business Correspondence | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three Pragmatic Theoretical Foundation -----CP and PP | 第19-28页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第19-21页 |
| ·Introduction to CP | 第19页 |
| ·Maxims of Cooperative Principle | 第19-21页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第21-28页 |
| ·Introduction to Politeness | 第21-22页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第22-23页 |
| ·Relationship Between the CP and the PP | 第23-25页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson's Face Theory | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Four Linguistic Features of English Business Correspondence | 第28-39页 |
| ·Seven “Cs”Features of English Business Correspondence | 第28-33页 |
| ·Relationship between CP﹑PP and Features of English Business Correspondence | 第33-39页 |
| ·Maxims of CP in English Business Correspondence | 第33-36页 |
| ·Maxims of PP in English Business Correspondence | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Analysis of English Business Correspondence | 第39-46页 |
| ·Pragmatic Analysis of Different Types of English Business Correspondence | 第40-45页 |
| ·Cooperative and Politeness in Collaborative Letters | 第40-42页 |
| ·Cooperative and Politeness in Competitive Letters | 第42-43页 |
| ·Cooperative and Politeness in Conflictive Letters | 第43-44页 |
| ·CP and PP in Collection Letters | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |