Have you ever read any business papers: treaties, instructions, letters? If yes, then you could not help but be surprised by the particular manner of presentation, which is called the business style of speech. It is in this language that all official papers are drawn up, business correspondence is conducted and legal documents are made out. Let's see how the distinctive features of business communication , and why it is so important to adhere to its rules.
Features and types of business speech
There are different styles of speech, from the list of which we choose the right one, intending to write a school essay, a message to a friend or an application for a vacation. Each of the examples uses its own speech clichés, there are own norms for constructing phrases and words that are acceptable for use. A distinctive feature of the business style of speech is the observance of the rules of etiquette, a special culture of communication. There is no place for vernacular and slang expressions, in the course of impersonal language and standard phrases.
Official conversations are more often written, therefore the business style of speech is so stable. All business papers are subject to strict standards, the requisites are located in long established places, the greeting and farewell formulas have not changed for many years. And the point here is not the absence of a creative vein among the drafters of documents, just one of the features of a business speech is considered logical, and the laws of this science can not be easily changed. Also, official papers must be informative, and when they are drawn up, the rules of etiquette are observed. A written speech of a business person will necessarily obey these rules, even if at meetings with partners he is accustomed to more free treatment.
The meaning of all business documents is a clear transfer of information, without taking into account emotions that could complicate understanding of what has been read. But the business style has several types:
- officially-business - here they include all correspondence within the firm and between partners;
- legal - laws and by-laws;
- diplomatic.
Most often we encounter the first species, the second one is less common, and even to diplomatic correspondence, and at all, units are allowed. But the way the document looks will be decided not only by the type of business style, but also by the situation of communication: the movement of papers between organizations (business letters, contracts), between a person and the organization (letter, contract), between a person and an organization (memo, statement) or company and person (order, order).