There are many different ways in which modern Corpus Linguistics can be used to enrich
and broaden our understanding of legal discourse. Based on the central principle of co …

Law exists solely in and through language. Nonetheless, systematical empirical analysis of
legal language has been rare. Yet, the tides are turning: After judges at various courts …

As a human interaction, legal discourse is directed to communicate aspects such as
obligation, commands, duties, rights, permission and prohibition. These aspects are realised …

Law professionals are wordsmiths, their main tool is language. Therefore, the field of law
produces a vast amount of written text. These texts have to be analysed, summarised, and …

The present chapter provides an overview of some corpus methods adopted in Legal
Translation Studies (LTS). In fact, corpora have become a crucial tool to study legal …

This volume offers insights into the ways in which plain language has influenced the
language of the law in the United Kingdom, critically reflecting on its historical development …

The aim of the chapter is to provide an overview of the main research perspectives that can
be adopted to analyze the multifaceted area of legal phraseology. This field is receiving …

One of the most remarkable features of the legal English lexicon is the use of sub-technical
vocabulary, that is, words frequently shared by the general and specialised fields which …

The importance of textual genres1 for our understanding of the development of linguistic
features has long been recognised in historical linguistics, as is reflected in the pioneering …

This chapter considers the nature of the reporting verbs used to introduce different voices in
a corpus of legal academic articles, and the typical combinations and patterns in which they …