《商务英语》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿）Chapter II 用语 Diction

Chapter II Diction

Chapter II Diction

Principles: ppropriate exact idiomatic interestine

Principles: appropriate; exact; idiomatic; interesting

appropriate Types of words &types of writing style

appropriate • Types of words &types of writing style

1. Types of Words Common words Formal and technical words Nonstandard words

1. Types of Words • Common words • Formal and technical words • Nonstandard words

2. writing styles formal, common colloquial

2. writing styles: • formal, common, colloquial

Common Words The core of the english vocabulary Only a few thousand Can be used on any occasion Be used by ordinary pe eople for ordinary purposes

Common Words • The core of the English vocabulary • Only a few thousand • Can be used on any occasion • Be used by ordinary people for ordinary purposes

Formal and technical word Be used by people of special professions or fields, on special occasions or for special purposes Among them are political, legal scientific, technical, business and literary words

Formal and technical words • Be used by people of special professions or fields, on special occasions or for special purposes • Among them are political, legal, scientific, technical, business and literary words

Nonstandard Words Used by people who are not well educated or by y people of special groups We need to understand them but should avoid using them Among them are slang, jargon, dialectal and obsolete words

Nonstandard Words • Used by people who are not well educated or by people of special groups. • We need to understand them but should avoid using them. • Among them are slang, jargon, dialectal and obsolete words

Examples CO policeman cop shop police station cook-out picnic hothead bad-Tempered · horse( common) steed, charger (formal/literary) nag(nonstandard

Examples: • cop policeman • cop shop police station • cook-out picnic • hothead bad-tempered • horse (common) steed, charger (formal/literary) nag (nonstandard)

Exact Synonyms The meaning of a word denotative: what it literally means, as defined by the dictionary Connotative: the feeling or idea suggested by i

Exact • Synonyms • The meaning of a word: • denotative: what it literally means, as defined by the dictionary. • Connotative: the feeling or idea suggested by it