Tradition and change in legal English
Subtitle: verbal constructions in prescriptive texts
By: Christopher Williams.
Edition: 2nd rev. ed.
Series: Linguistic insights -- v. 20
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bern; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9783039114443
Subjects: Law -- English-speaking countries -- Language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Legal language and prescriptive legal texts; title: The linguistic and pragmatic functions of prescriptive legal texts; title: Tense, aspect and modality in prescriptive legal texts in English; title: The 'world data' corpus; title: Verbal constructions in prescriptive legal texts; title: The future of legal texts in English and possible effects on verbal constructions.