Williams, Christopher,  1952- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-209) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--Language.--English-speaking countries
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K213  / .W55 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340/.14