The role of the cover letter in the English-language internet business discourse

Pashina A. V., Deneko M. V., Sharipova E. M.

The article analyzes the importance of a cover letter in the English-language segment of the Internet. The relevance of the research is related to the influence of American business communication patterns on national business correspondence systems, which, due to the development of digital technologies, are being integrated into the global network. The authors explore the specifics of the cover letter genre formation, highlighting a number of its subgenres. In conclusion, a linguistic and cultural interpretation of the role of this genre in Western business culture is given.

Keywords:English-language Internet business discourse, cover letter, cultural concept