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