Legal languages are inevitably products of the history of the nation or state in which they are used, as well as the peculiar developments of the legal system in question. In terms of features, they tend to be characterized by minor differences in spelling, pronunciation, and orthography; long and complex sentences, often containing conjoined phrases or lists, as well as passive and nominal constructions; and a large and distinct lexicon. The profession has developed distinct traditions on how its language should be interpreted. In terms of style, the language of the law is often archaic, formal, impersonal, and wordy or redundant. And it can be relatively precise, or quite general or vague, depending on the strategic objectives of the drafter.
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Alduais, Ahmed, Mohammed Ali Al-Khulaidi, Silvia Allegretta & Mona Mohammed Abdulkhalek
2023. Forensic linguistics: A scientometric review. Cogent Arts & Humanities 10:1
Bamgbose, Ganiu & Erhuvwu Akpomerha
2023. An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Rulings on Human Rights Violation in Nigeria. Language Matters 54:2 ► pp. 3 ff.
Lin, Xiaowen, Muhammad Afzaal & Hessah Saleh Aldayel
2023. Syntactic complexity in legal translated texts and the use of plain English: a corpus-based study. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10:1
Mroczyńska, Katarzyna & Tomasz Michta
2023. Global challenges and local solutions: A cross-country comparative perspective on teaching legal English. Studia z Teorii Wychowania XIV:3 (44) ► pp. 235 ff.
Ng, Eva
2023. Trials heard by a foreign ear. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
Rydzewska-Siemiątkowska, Joanna
2023. Deontic Modality in the GDPR Based Finnish Privacy Notices in the Light of the Transparency Principle. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique 36:2 ► pp. 1007 ff.
Deuna, Ina Francesca G. & Rachelle Ballesteros-Lintao
2022. The language of evaluation in a Philippine drug trial: an appraisal framework perspective. International Journal of Legal Discourse 7:1 ► pp. 163 ff.
Leone, Ljubica
2022. Prepositional verb/simplex alternation in the Late Modern English period: evidence from the Proceedings of the Old Bailey. Studia Neophilologica 94:1 ► pp. 59 ff.
Martínez, Eric, Francis Mollica & Edward Gibson
2022. Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language. Cognition 224 ► pp. 105070 ff.
Martínez, Eric, Francis Mollica & Edward Gibson
2022. Poor Writing, not Specialized Concepts, Drives Processing Difficulty in Legal Language. SSRN Electronic Journal
Martínez, Eric, Francis Mollica & Edward Gibson
2023. Even lawyers do not like legalese. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:23
Martínez, Eric, Francis Mollica & Edward Gibson
2023. Even Lawyers Don't Like Legalese. SSRN Electronic Journal
Sanni, Oluwole
2022. A REVIEW OF LEGAL LANGUAGE: A NEW DIRECTION FOR LEGAL COMMUNICATION. Journal of International Legal Communication 4 ► pp. 111 ff.
Tracy, Karen
2021. Delivering justice. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 27:2 ► pp. 181 ff.
Hlioui, Ameni
2020. Generic instability in a frozen legal genre?. International Journal of Legal Discourse 5:1 ► pp. 57 ff.
Nkomo, Dion
2020. New Frontiers in Forensic Linguistics: Themes and Perspectives in Language and the Law in Africa and beyond. South African Journal of African Languages 40:2 ► pp. 238 ff.
Yuan, Chuanyou, Shaomin Zhang & Qingshun He
2020. Popularity of Latin and Law French in Legal English. Linguistics and the Human Sciences 14:1-2 ► pp. 151 ff.
Ferreri, Silvia
2018. Legal Issues in Italian Opera. In Law and Opera, ► pp. 103 ff.
Zaiarna, Inna
2017. THE CONTENT OF TEACHING ENGLISH REASONING WRITING TO FUTURE LEGAL PROFESSIONALS. Continuing Professional Education: Theory and Practice :1-2 ► pp. 81 ff.
Northcott, Jill
2012. Legal English. In The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, ► pp. 213 ff.
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