Abstract
This article discusses the approaches of business discourse research in Europe, North America and Kazakhstan. The article’s authors have gathered, analyzed, and organized data to unveil the complete essence of business discourse genres in these countries and examine their use in the business world. For example, it was shown that various genres of business correspondence – commercial offers, contracts, customer communication, e-mail and fax communication were investigated. The works on business discourse are multifaceted: the written, oral, and network business discourse is studied from the point of view of pragmatics, cognitive science, complex and other approaches. It also reviewed studies written about innovations in the research of business discourse of these countries in recent years. A new focus in the study of business discourse among linguists is the analysis of gender relations and discourse as a manifestation of power. In general, this work is a useful resource for those who are looking for materials to guide their research or teaching business discourse. Keywords: business discourse, business discourse research, communication, genres of business discourse, intercultural communication.