Tradition and change in legal English [electronic resource] : verbal constructions in prescriptive texts / Christopher Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Linguistic insights ; v. 20Publication details: Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, c2007.Edition: 2nd rev. edDescription: 216 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 340/.14 22
LOC classification:
  • K213 .W55 2007eb
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Contents:
Legal language and prescriptive legal texts -- The linguistic and pragmatic functions of prescriptive legal texts -- Tense, aspect and modality in prescriptive legal texts in English -- The 'world data' corpus -- Verbal constructions in prescriptive legal texts -- The future of legal texts in English and possible effects on verbal constructions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-209) and index.

Legal language and prescriptive legal texts -- The linguistic and pragmatic functions of prescriptive legal texts -- Tense, aspect and modality in prescriptive legal texts in English -- The 'world data' corpus -- Verbal constructions in prescriptive legal texts -- The future of legal texts in English and possible effects on verbal constructions.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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