Tradition and change in legal English

Williams, Christopher, 1952-

Tradition and change in legal English verbal constructions in prescriptive texts / [electronic resource] : Christopher Williams. - 2nd rev. ed. - Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, c2007. - 216 p. - Linguistic insights, v. 20 1424-8689 ; . - Linguistic insights ; v. 20 .

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.


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