A Study on the Use of Request Expression in Japanese Business E-mail

• Main Authors: Wen-Ting Tuan, 段文婷
• Other Authors: ShuHua Yeh
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51487389518206350860

碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 應用日語研究所 === 99 === The 21st century is the computerization information time. The use of E-mail becomes an indispensable means for people who work in the enterprise. As the author of this thesis, I am working in Japanese Company for many years. I found the communications done on business use a lot of E-mails more than contacting by phone or facing usually. Especially, it is often to ask someone for help by E-mail. The use of request expression in Japanese business E-mail which has many different ways of writing, and the the usage rules and features depends on the type of recipient. This reserch will collect the business E-mail sample through the routine work, and analyze the kind and the feature of the request expression. This research focuses on the use of request expression in Japanese Business E-mail. I collected 150 E-mail from 50 people, 14 companys which is Japanese company or its related company. The thesis comprises six chapters. The first chapter is introduces the research motivations, purposes, scope and methods. The second chapter presents the relevant analyses from antecedent researches. The third chapter is the difine of business E-mail and describes the business E-mail transition, feature and the format. The fourth chapter is describes the request expression in Japanese Business E-mail, including the composition, kind, and using properly. The fifth chapter uses the collected samples to confirm the status of the request expression, and analyzes the usage rules, features. The sixth chapter presents the conclusion, review problems and provides suggestion.