The chapters constituting this volume focus on legal language seen from cross-cultural perspectives, a topic which brings together two areas of research that have burgeoned in recent years, i.e. legal linguistics and intercultural studies, reflecting the rapidly changing, multifaceted world in which legal institutions and cultural/national identities interact. Within the broad thematic leitmotif of this volume, it has been possible to identify two major strands: legal discourse across languages on the one hand, and legal discourse across cultures on the other. Of course, labels of this kind are adopted partly as a matter of convenience, and it could be argued that any paper dealing with legal discourse across languages inevitably has to do with legal discourse across cultures. But a closer inspection of the papers comprising each of these two strands reveals that there is a coherent logic behind the choice of labels. All seven chapters in the first section are concerned with legal topics where more than one language is at stake, whereas all seven chapters in the second section are concerned with legal topics where cultural differences are brought to the fore.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13
9783034304252
eBay Product ID (ePID)
116037563
Product Key Features
Subject Area
International Law, Data Analysis
Author
Maurizio Gotti, Christopher John Williams
Publication Name
Legal Discourse Across Languages and Cultures
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Law
Publication Year
2010
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
339 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
220mm
Item Width
150mm
Volume
117
Item Weight
500g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Linguistic Insights
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
Editor
Christopher John Williams, Maurizio Gotti
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