THE FUNCTIONAL-COMMUNICATIVE VALUE OF PASSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH AND ARMENIAN VERSIONS OF THE RA FAMILY CODE

Abstract

The article examines the use of passive voice and passive structures in the legal context, and particularly its use in the English and Armenian versions of the RA Family Code. Based on qualitative and quantitative, as well as case study methodology, the purposeful use of passive structures, their tendency to ensure maximum accuracy, as well as their functional-communicative features and the functions performed by them in legal speech are revealed in the study. The research also states that the frequency of applicability of the passive voice is due to the emphasis on the role of the action and not on the doer in both English and Armenian versions of the mentioned document belonging to legal discourse.