| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Part Ⅰ Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Part Ⅱ An Overview of Business Correspondence | 第10-13页 |
| 2．1 Definition of Business Correspondence | 第10页 |
| 2．2 Nature of Business Correspondence | 第10-11页 |
| 2．3 Classification of Business Correspondence | 第11页 |
| 2．4 Functions of Business Correspondence | 第11-12页 |
| 2．5 Goals of Business Writing | 第12-13页 |
| Part Ⅲ Analysis of Language Features in Business Correspondence | 第13-33页 |
| 3．1 A Survey of the Goal-oriented Approach to the Linguistic Analysis of Business Letters | 第13-17页 |
| 3．2 Stylistic Features of Business Letters | 第17-21页 |
| 3．2．1 General language Level of Business Writing | 第17-18页 |
| 3．2．2 Lexical Features of Language in Business letters | 第18-21页 |
| 3．2．3 Syntactic Features of Language in Business Letters | 第21页 |
| 3．3 Discourse Features of Business Letters | 第21-23页 |
| 3．3．1 Layout of Business Letters | 第21-22页 |
| 3．3．2 Paragraphing of the Body of Business Letters | 第22页 |
| 3．3．3 Analysis of the Discourse Coherence and Cohesion | 第22-23页 |
| 3．4 Pragmatic Analysis of Business Letters | 第23-33页 |
| 3．4．1 Analysis of Everyday Letters | 第23-28页 |
| 3．4．2 Analysis of Persuasive Letters and Bad-news Letters | 第28-33页 |
| Part Ⅳ Conclusion | 第33-34页 |
| Bibliography | 第34-35页 |
