Abstract
In linguistics there is a special language which is used by a margin of people and requires special understanding and awareness of a particular sphere. One of such specific language usage in is law and legal practices. This language involves accuracy, quite supporting views, persuasiveness and should be clear for the understanding of the clients, ordinary people. This article looks at the language varieties in legal papers.
Highlights
Before depicting and discussing the characteristics of legal language as a special language, one needs to know what a special language is in general, i.e. one has to define the term ‘special language’
The focus on the issue is a criterion of delimitation which dominates much more so that the group character becomes only marginal. Special languages find their origin in the eighteenth century, as they are based on the division of work
Their rapid development depends on the time when specialization in the working world found a climax; this is to regard before the background of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Before depicting and discussing the characteristics of legal language as a special language, one needs to know what a special language is in general, i.e. one has to define the term ‘special language’. Characteristic of a special language is its use by experts of a certain field or subject to communicate among each other. Communication with non-professionals requires the development of a comprehensible language; sometimes one cannot even recognize the margins to the special language.
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