Language arts which cover almost all the fields of human being’s activities are the most popular skills. In this thesis, the writer concentrates on the language arts in the domain of international business negotiation, which has emerged to be one of the most popular business activities.

There are three important aspects of language arts in business negotiation. To make a business negotiation successful, these three aspects –humor words, euphemism, and proverbs can never be ignored. In Chapter one, the writer expounds the humor words’ function in business negotiation and cites examples by way of explainning its function. With regard to the problem that there is a lack of humor material in negotiation, the solution is given in this chapter.

Contents
1. Introduction ┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉ 4

2. Ⅰ Humor Words in Business Negotiation ┉┉ 5

3. Ⅱ Euphemism in Business Negotiation ┉ 7

4. Ⅲ Proverbs in Business Negotiation ┉┉┉┉┉ 9

5. Conclusion ┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉ 11

6． Acknowledgements ┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉ 12

7. Notes ┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉ 13

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