A Linguistic Study of Selected Manual Instructions

Abstract

Business English is very useful tool for the learners to learn English because it facilitates the process of learning languages and communication. In manual instructions, English business plays fundamental role in disseminating the (business) information quickly and effectively. This study aims at presenting the linguistics aspects in English business that used in manual instructions. The linguistically analysis in terms of semantics, morphology and pragmatics. Many different point of views of linguists have been considered to analysis the semantic and morphological aspects, whIle Searl’s (1979) model regarded speech act theory is used to analyze pragmatic aspects. This paper finds out that the many features of English business are different from those in general English. It is specialized, standardized, short and formal because it is used in business purposes. The important points in English business consider in instructions, the language that used in writing the instructions and background and knowledge of the reader or customer.