Peter Tiersma
List of John Benjamins publications for which Peter Tiersma plays a role.
Articles
2008 The nature of legal language Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, Gibbons, John and M. Teresa Turell (eds.), pp. 7–25 | Article
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… read more
1989 Dennis Kurzon. It is hereby performed... Explorations in legal speech acts Studies in Language 13:1, pp. 245–247 | Squib
1989 Bettyruth Walter. The jury summation as speech genre: An ethnographic study of what it means to those who use it Studies in Language 13:2, pp. 527–529 | Miscellaneous