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Cross-Cultural Analysis of English and Italian Economic Discourse: Expressing Opinion and Attitude

What is common to all languages is a communicative function, which is the primary need of human beings to exchange ideas, to express their attitudes and share their beliefs with each other in order to be mutually appreciated for who they are, what they do and what they believe in. In economic discourse, the main difference between two languages lies in discourse domains and different cultural contexts that influence the way of expressing attitudes and opinions. Our research comprises analyses of textual corpora of English and Italian business communication, professional and scientific papers. The results pinpoint similarities and differences in symbolic structures and functions of expressing attitudes and opinions in English and Italian economic discourse. The common thread interwoven in the discourse of business communication is the primary function of both languages to maintain social and business relationship, while in professional and scientific economic discourse, the primary function is to inform.

business communication; cultural background; English and Italian economic discourse; attitude; opinion

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