The Practicability of Language in Business Context: A Reviewed Study

Mohammad Husam Alhumsi

Abstract


The world witnesses a noticeable rapid growth in information technology development of society pertaining to the language of business. One of the remarkable linguistic tools in business communication lies in the form blogs of effective companies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to show how effective business context are conducted by the assistance of discourse linguistics related to business. It is obvious that there is a need to concentrate on the cultural meaning relating to the websites’ form and content in the e-commerce context. Research also showed that there is lack of research pertaining to language role and its impact on limitation of websites and blogs. In reviewing literature, according to Forrester Research, most Chinese on-line consumers are convenient with websites involving content in language own use. Further studies and recommendations are presented accordingly.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5296/elr.v7i2.18450

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