ELLIPSES IN TEXTS OF E-COMMERCE

This thesis locuses on dlipsts of written business language communication of
exports and imports written English messages. This study attempts to investigate
and <:tnalyse those written English messages conducted through the International
Network ( Internet ) by the international business people as the importeFs. [t also
tries to find out some English terminologies and abbn.:vialions written in English
business messages, perticularly, on export and import husiness activities. The
most important point of this research is that how lhosc local business people as
the exporters and those foreign business people as the importers who have never
known and met one another, who have many diiTcrcnccs ( they are diflerent in
terms of languages, cultures, citizenships, personal backgrounds, levels of
knowledge, levels of their aconomy, and so on ) which eventually c~m obtain
some business transactions. The findings indicate that there are some special
business tenns used or produced by these business people, namely : abbn:viations
and acronyms. The iindings also describe that using words in abreviations,
acronyms and numbers which are automatically related to some business activities
in bankin . shi ina and ex orts and im orts businesses. The findin s also
describe that using tem1inologies in abbreviations and acronyms were the
dominant ones of spccail tcrrns used. This shows that the linguistic realizations
found out in the special terms used by these business people ( exporters and
importers ) through the International Network ( Internet ) had not been so
surprised in perticular aspect both in languistic and sociological aspects. It is
expected that findings of this research can give some positive advantages for
those local business people as the exporters, perticularly, and any person who
reads this research in general.