Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2010, 18(2):84-87 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.303

The Role of Verbo-Nominal Structures in Business German

Věra Höppnerová
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů (hopp@vse.cz).

Verbo-nominal structures make up a considerable part of Business German: above all, business correspondence. Although they are sometimes refused in specialized literature, they have some advantages in comparison with their one-word equivalents: the core of the information - a plot or an activity - assume an important position in the sentence. By means of verbo-nominal structures, it is possible to express the process of a plot. They are syntactically simpler than their competitive forms in the passive voice and they upgrade specialized terms with the description of activities and actions specific to a given field.

Keywords: Business German, verbo-nominal structures, their functions

Published: April 1, 2010  Show citation

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Höppnerová, V. (2010). The Role of Verbo-Nominal Structures in Business German. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 18(2), 84-87. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.303
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