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Comparative legal linguistics : language of law, Latin and modern lingua francas /
This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through German, French, Spanish and English. The work will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of legal history and theory, comparative law, semiotics, and linguistics. It will also be of interest to legal translators and terminologists. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 485 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-429) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409439332 140943933X 9781409471509 1409471500 |