Abstract
The article deals with English legal terms formed with the help of adjectives. The author points to the relevance of adjectives in the formation of legal terms due to their evaluation capacity which is an important component of legal concepts. The article reviews the most productive affixes used for the formation of adjectives. It identifies the usage frequency of legal terms with simple adjectives, terms with adjectives in the comparative and superlative degrees of comparison, attributive prepositional and postpositional word-combinations.The paper contains a classification of the legal terms in question according to their structure. Special attention is paid to word-combinations with connotative meaning. The author gives examples of connotative legal terms with adjectives including figurative connotative lexical units and connotative phrases with evaluation components. The article offers a set of exercises helping law students to understand the peculiarities of usage and functioning of legal terms with adjectives as a component.
Highlights
The article deals with English legal terms formed with the help of adjectives
The paper contains a classification of the legal terms in question according to their structure
Special attention is paid to word-combinations with connotative meaning
Summary
Екатерина Андреевна ДЕГТЯРЕВА, кандидат социологических наук, доцент кафедры английского языка Университета имени О.Е. With simple adjectives, terms with adjectives in the comparative and superlative degrees of comparison, attributive prepositional and postpositional word-combinations. The paper contains a classification of the legal terms in question according to their structure. Special attention is paid to word-combinations with connotative meaning.
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