The legal language of Scottish burghs : standardization and lexical bundles (1380-1560) /
This study offers a unique combination of two methodological frameworks: a rigorous corpus-driven data analysis, and a pragmaphilological, context-sensitive qualitative interpretation of the findings. Providing the reader with a rich socio-historical background of legal discourse in medieval and ear...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in language and law.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This study offers a unique combination of two methodological frameworks: a rigorous corpus-driven data analysis, and a pragmaphilological, context-sensitive qualitative interpretation of the findings. Providing the reader with a rich socio-historical background of legal discourse in medieval and early modern Scottish burghs, this monograph traces the links between orality, literacy, and law, which are reflected in discourse features and linguistic standardization of legal and administrative texts. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199345939 0199345937 |