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8720107()JournalofHuaihaiInstituteofTechnology(AcademicForum,SocialScienceEdition)Vol.8No.7July2010DOI:10.3969/j.issn.100823499.2010.07.0243(,213001):,,,,,:;;;:H314:A:100823499(2010)0720081204,,,,(Halliday),,,[1]352,,,,(GrammaticalMetaphor)1985(AnIntroductiontoFunctionalGrammar),,,,,(congruent)(incongruent),[2]342,,,,,,,,,,,(Nominalization):a.Wewillquoteyouourfavorablepricebyreturn.b.Wewillmakeaquotationtoyouatafavor2ablepricebyreturn.a,quote,,bquotation,,b:()(),,[3],,,3:2010204211;:2010205228:(1972-),,,,,(E2mail)[e-mail]©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.:(),,,,,,,1,:1a.YouareexpectedtoestablishtherelativeirrevocableL/Cthroughyourbankers.1b.Youareexpectedtoarrangetheestablish2mentoftherelativeirrevocableL/Cthroughyourbankers.2a.PleaseshipthegoodsbeforeAugust15sothatwecancatchthesellingseason.2b.PleaseeffectshipmentofthegoodsbeforeAugust15sothatwecancatchthesellingseason.a,b2menta,b,,2athegoods2bshipment2,:1a.Wehavedecidedtoorder50tonsofthecaptionedgoods.1b.Wehavedecidedtoplaceanorderfor50tonsofthecaptionedgoods.2a.Pleaseofferusacompetitiveprice.2b.Pleasemakeusanofferatacompetitiveprice.ab,,2aoffer,2aacompetitiveprice2batacompetitiveprice32ing2ing,2ing,,2ing,:1a.Tofacilitateyourworktopushthesalesofourproducts,weareairmailingyouasmallsample.1b.Tofacilitateyourpushingthesalesofourproducts,weareairmailingyouasmallsample.2a.Thegoodsmustbepackedinseaworthycasestoavoidanydamagewhentheyareroughlyhandled.2b.Thegoodsmustbepackedinseaworthycasestoavoidanydamagearisingfromroughhan2dling.2ing,1ayourworktopushthesales,1byourpushingthesales;2atheyareroughlyhandled,2broughhandling(),,,,:1a.Wearegreatlyconfidentinyourmachinetools.1b.Wehavegreatconfidenceinyourmachinetools.2a.Wearepleasedtoinformyouthatweareinterestedinyourplastickitchen2wares.2b.Wehavepleasureininformingyouthatweareinterestedinyourplastickitchen2wares.,aconfidentpleasedbconfidencepleas2ure,,(),:1a.YoumustopentherelevantL/CbeforeA2pril15.1b.Itsyourresponsibilitytoopentherele2vantL/CbeforeApril15.2a.Thepricewillgoup.2b.Thereislikelihoodofthepricegoingup.,amust28()20107©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(),,,,:1a.Thatyoupunctuallyfulfillourorderisveryimportant.1b.Yourpunctualfulfillmentofourorderisveryimportant.2a.Ifyoureplytoussoon,wewillbeveryappreciated.2b.Yourearlyreplywillbeveryappreciated.3a.PleaseinsurewhatweorderagainstAllRisks.3b.PleaseinsureourorderagainstAllRisks.,a,b,,,,,,,,(),,,,[4],,:1a.Weshallmakeyouanofferimmediatelyassoonaswereceiveyourenquiry.1b.weshallmakeyouanofferimmediatelyuponreceiptofyourenquiry,.2a.Youfailtopackthegoodsintheseawor2thycartons.Asaresult,thegoodsaredamagedduringtransit.2b.Yourfailuretopackthegoodsinthesea2worthycartonsresultsinthedamageofthegoodsduringtransit.1areceive1breceipt,2afaildamaged,2a,,,(),,Halliday,,[2]351,,:a.Wellapplyforthegovernmentapprovalsothatwecanimporttheproductsinyourpricelist.b.Theapplicationforthegovernmentapprov2alwillenableustoimporttheproductsinyourpricelist.a,,bapply,,,ba(),,:1a.Ifyoufailtopackthegoodsintheseawor2thycartons,thegoodswillbedamagedduringtransit.1b.Failuretopackthegoodsintheseaworthycartonswillresultinthedamageofthegoodsdur2ingtransit.2a.Onlyifyouexecuteourorderpunctually,canwereceivethegoodsontime.2b.Punctualexecutionoftheorderwillen2surepunctualreceiptofthegoods.1b2b,youwe,,():[5]3:(1),;(2)387:©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(3)[6]138,,:a.WeamendtheL/Ctoread:partialship2mentandtransshipmentareallowed.Thisamend2mentisinconformitywiththecontractstipula2tions.b.Wehaveexaminedthegoodsyousenttous.Theexaminationwassupervisedbythesur2veyorfromtheinsurancecompany.,aa2mend,,;bexamine,,,,,,,,,,,,,:[1]HALLIDAYMAK.AnIntroductiontoFunctionGrammar[M].Beijing:ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,2000.[2]HALLIDAYMAK.AnIntroductiontoFunctionalGrammar[M].London:EdwardandArnold,1994.[3].[J].,1996(4):329.[4].[J].,1994(1):8213.[5].[J].,1999(1):9212.[6].[M].:,1994.OnNominalizationinBusinessEnglishCorrespondenceDAILi2qiong(SchoolofForeignLanguages,ChangzhouInstituteofTechnology,Changzhou213001,China)Abstract:Grammaticalmetaphor,aconceptproposedbyM.A.K.Halliday,analysesmetaphorfromtheaspectofgrammar,andopensupanewperspectiveforthestudyofmetaphor.Normalizationisthemostpowerfulmeansinconstructinggrammaticalmetaphor.Ittransformsaverboranadjectiveintoitsnounform,andhasadualsemanticfeature.NormalizationiswidelyusedinwrittenEnglish,andplaysanim2portantroleinbusinessEnglishcorrespondence.Itmakesadiscoursemoreprecise,formal,objectiveandcohesive.Masteryofitwillcontributetobetterunderstanding,analysis,andapplicationofabusinessEnglishdiscourse.Keywords:businessEnglish;correspondence;grammaticalmetaphor;nominalization(:)48()20107©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.