随着商务英语学科发展,在外语学界出现了商务英语是否有必要建立学科的问题。文章选取了三个学界关注较多的热点问题进行逐一分析讨论,目的在于澄清这些热点问题,为商务英语学的现实存在及成熟发展找到理据。通过研究当代商务英语史,文章首先就商务英语学建立的必要性及存在的客观现实做了论证;其次,对建立商务英语学的11个条件进行了论证。研究结果表明,建立商务英语学的11个条件基本满足;最后,文章论述了商务英语学的研究对象、研究内容和研究方法的独特性,从而进一步佐证了商务英语学与英语语言文学学科的差异性。

As Business English Studies (BES) finds its way to go mature,there appears in foreign language circle such issue as “Is it necessary to found BES?” This paper focuses on the three carefully-selected and more attentive hot issues to illustrate, aiming to clarify the three issues and justify the existence of BES and the likelihood of founding BES. By carrying out research into the development history of modern BES,the paper first discusses the necessity of founding BES and argues that BES, as an objective phenomenon, has been existing. Afterwards, it explores the 11 conditions of founding BES with the findings that the said conditions are basically met. In the end, the paper compares BES with English language and literature discipline before illustrating the uniqueness of the research object, research contents and research methods of BES, further distinguishing the differences between BES and English language and literature discipline.