| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology Adopted in this Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| ·Linguistic Description | 第12页 |
| ·Example Analysis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review: Style, Stylistics and Contracts’Style | 第14-22页 |
| ·The Definition of Style and Different Views on Style. | 第14-15页 |
| ·Stylistics and Its Development | 第15-17页 |
| ·Contracts’Style | 第17-22页 |
| ·Legal English | 第17页 |
| ·Contract and Business Contract | 第17-18页 |
| ·Contracts’Style | 第18-22页 |
| ·L egal language as a Variety of Language | 第18-20页 |
| ·C ontracts as a Sub-Variety of Legal Language | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Stylistic Features of English Business Contracts | 第22-50页 |
| ·Lexical Features | 第22-37页 |
| ·Frequent Employment of Archaic Words | 第22-25页 |
| ·Formal and Legal Words | 第25-27页 |
| ·Technical Terms | 第27-29页 |
| ·Coordination of Synonyms(Juxtaposition of Words) | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Use of Hedges | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Use of Model Verbs | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Use of Loanwords (Latin words) | 第33-35页 |
| ·Repetition of the Same Word | 第35页 |
| ·Capitalization | 第35-37页 |
| ·Syntactic Features | 第37-47页 |
| ·Word Types | 第37-39页 |
| ·Grammatical Items | 第39-44页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第39-40页 |
| ·Shall+Verb | 第40页 |
| ·Post-modification | 第40-42页 |
| ·Adverbial Phrases | 第42-43页 |
| ·Proper Application of Active Voice and Passive Voice | 第43页 |
| ·F requent Use of Present Tense | 第43-44页 |
| ·More Direct Expressions, Less Indirect Expressions | 第44页 |
| ·Clause Types | 第44-45页 |
| ·Sentence Types | 第45-47页 |
| ·Long Sentences | 第45-46页 |
| ·Declarative Sentences | 第46-47页 |
| ·Textual Features | 第47-50页 |
| ·Grammatical Devices | 第47-48页 |
| ·Lexical Cohesion | 第48页 |
| ·Logical Connectors | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four Classification of Contracts | 第50-54页 |
| ·Sales Contract and Purchase Contract | 第51页 |
| ·Counter-trade Contract | 第51页 |
| ·Leasing Contract | 第51页 |
| ·Engineering Contract | 第51页 |
| ·Foreign Investment and Joint Venture Agreement | 第51-52页 |
| ·Transfer of Technology Agreement | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Components and Formats of contracts | 第54-72页 |
| ·Components and Contents of Contracts | 第54-56页 |
| ·General Formats of Contracts | 第56-72页 |
| ·Sales Contract Format | 第56-59页 |
| ·Compensation Trade Contract Format | 第59-63页 |
| ·House-Leasing Contract Format | 第63-66页 |
| ·Contract for Delivery Format | 第66-68页 |
| ·Joint Venture Agreement Format | 第68-72页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第74-76页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第76-77页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第77页 |