Contents
Abstract I
Key Words I
摘要 II
关键词 II
Introduction 1
Ⅰ. The Scope of the Use of Tourism English 3
A. Tourism English Used in Transportation 3
B. Tourism English Used in Accommodation 4
Ⅱ. The Features of Language Functions of Tourism English 6
A. Informative Function 6
B. The Directive Function 7
C. The Evocative Function 7
Ⅲ.The Linguistic Features of Tourism English 9
A. Lexical Feature 9
1. The Technical Terms 9
2. The Proper Names 10
3. Words and Idioms from Other Languages 11
B. Grammatical Feature 11
1. The Sentence Structure 11
2. The Tenses 12
3. The Voices 13
4. The Moods 14
C. Courtesy Feature of Tourism English 14
D. Stylistic Feature of Tourism English 15
E. Culture Feature of Tourism English 16
Conclusion 19
Acknowledgements 20
Bibliography 21
Abstract
With the rapid development of Chinese tourism industry, more and more foreign tourists have come to China. Although not all foreign tourists are from English-speaking countries, English, as a common language in today's world, has become the most important medium of communication when international tourist activities are involved. As a result, tourism English appears as ESP English, and becomes popular and necessary in Chinese tourism. Many Chinese students majoring in tourism learn tourism English as a course. A large number of employees in tourism industry start to use English in their work. In this case, this essay firstly aims at exposing the language functions of tourism English, and analyzes its distinctive features in terms of linguistics and culture, which identifies tourism English as a special branch of English. The detailed study on tourism English itself will be helpful for the Chinese students of tourism English and the staff in the field to use it well and deal with tourism English translation.
Key Words
Tourism English; Function; Features; Culture
