【正文】 he contract itself．Generally speaking,all the words in a modern contract are those used frequently in daily life． Paired Words and Complicated and Strict Expressions In both the samples and in a number of the modern contracts I have read,there are hardly any words and expressions that are often encountered pair and plicated and strict in reading the traditional and formal contracts．The structure of a sentence in the modern contract is simple and easy to understand．I once asked a Chinese student who is studying in a junior middle school to read the contract which Sample Six was taken from,and he could understand it to a satisfactory extent except for some new words． of Descriptive Adjectives and Adverbs The modern contracts even make a concession to some descriptive and flubjective adjectives and adverbs which are never,at lea8t 8eldom．seen in the traditional and formal contracts．Just in the two contracts of which the two samples are parts we can spotfriendly．conscientiou1y,strictly,necessary,acceptableand kindly．Thesewords help to change the rigorous,objective and cautious tone of the traditional and formal contract in to the relatively trustful．subjective and humane tone of the modern contracts．6. No Omission of Artic。關(guān)鍵詞：語(yǔ)言特征；傳統(tǒng)合同；現(xiàn)代合同 ；正式合同A Comment on Linguostylistics of Contract EnglishAbstract This paper is aimed at expounding the linguostylistic features of the contract English．First it is designed to classify the English contracts into three kinds：the traditional,the formal and the modern． The traditional contract English may be the most formal of all English varieties and possess many lingual features such as extreme length of a sentence sometimes,even several paragraphs are constituted by one sentence dearth or absence of punctuation pervasion of archaic and big words，employment of special terms,and paired synonyms,redundance of expressions,repetition of words,omission of articles and so on．The lingual styles of the traditional are formal,precise and conservative． The formal contract English resembles the traditional contract English in many ways,but differs a lot．It owns a great proportion of long sentences but mixed them with some short ones．It holds many archaic and big words but rejects paired synonym．It develops the section specially for definition and double way to indicate numbers．The lingualstyles of the formal contract English is formal,precise and clear． The Modern Contract English is quite different from the traditional and formal contract English .It acmodates mostly short sentences,and even phrases that act as sentences,some descriptive and subjective adjectives and adverbs may find their way into the modern contract．It shows a fondness for infinite verbs as post lingual styles of the modern contract English are precise,clear and concise． This paper also provides an approach to prehension of the traditional and formal contracts and predicts the tendency of the contract Eng1ish styles．Key words：Linguostylistics ；Traditional Contract ；Formal Contract； Modern ContractAcknowledgements First and foremost,I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor,both for his intellectual guidance and for his warm and constant encouragement during the process of writing this thesis. With patience and prudence,he labored through drafts of this thesis and pointed out defects in my theorizing. Therefore,I owe all the merits in this thesis,if any,to him,though I am fully aware that the thesis might still contain some mistakes,for which I bear the whole responsibility. My cordial and sincere thanks go to all the teachers in the Department of English,whose interesting and informative courses have benefited me a lot during my college years. The profit that I gained from their profound knowledge,remarkable expertise and intellectual ingenuity will be of everlasting significance to my future life and career. I am also very grateful to my classmates,who have given me a lot of help and courage during my stay in the University and throughout the process of writing this thesis. Last but not the least,big thanks go to my family who have shared with me my worries,frustrations,and hopefully my ultimate happiness in eventually finishing this thesis.iv Contents中文摘要 iAbstract iiAcknowledgements iiiⅠ.Introduction 1 of English Contracts 4 Contract 5 of Lingual Styles of Traditional Contract 6 Length of Sentence 62 Dearth of Punctuation 63Archaism 74Special Terms 7B Summary of Lingual Styles of Traditional Contract 8 Contract 9A. Features of Lingual Styles of Formal Contract 9 of Long and Short Sentences 9 Punctuation 103. Less Archaism 104. Pervasive Special Terms and Formal Words 10 Words in Pair 116. Complicated and Strict Expression 11 Syntactic Features 11 Features 12 Contract 13 of Lingual Styles of Modem Contract 13 Sentences 13 Punctuation 13 Archaic Special and Big Words 13 Paired Words and Complicated and Strict Expressions 14 of Descriptive Adjectives and Adverbs 146. No Omission of Article 14 Capitalization 15 of Lingual Styles of Modem Contracts 15VI Application 16 Approach to solving the Problems 16 to Development of Lingual Styles of English Contracts 17VII Conclusion 18Notes 19Bibliography 20Ⅰ.Introduction A contract is one of the basic social and legal institutions in modern society. A contract frames and coordinates human interactions. It is an agreement that creates,assigns,delegates,and transfers rights and obligations,tangible and intangible goods,services,and entitlements between the contracting parties,relying on their voluntary,rational,and deliberate consent. Today,contractual relationships among persons,munities,organizations,and states emerge as an alternative or at least as an amendatory legal ins