Abstract
The various elements of the gender system have an impact on specialized areas of the language. Legal terminology is no exception, since the law covers almost all spheres of society. The interdisciplinary nature of gender studies has led to the demand for linguistic competence to study the gender construct, which has given rise to an independent discipline – linguistic genderology. In this regard, the problem of the influence of extralinguistic factors on the formation of legal terminology is relevant. In this paper linguistic research is conducted, within the framework of which Anglo-American legal terminology and its formation under the influence of gender factors are considered. The role of extra-linguistic factors in the formation of legal terms has been determined, the extra-linguistic factors affecting the gender markedness of the form and content of legal concepts have been identified. The method of continuous viewing of English legal texts, as well as English legal dictionaries, revealed gender-marked English-American legal terms and terminological concepts. The result of the study was the definition of a gender factor as a backbone for the Anglo-American legal terminology.
Highlights
For modern linguistics, the research paradigm, based on the principle of anthropocentrism in the study of linguistic phenomena, which is expressed in an attempt to comprehend them through the prism of a human, continues to be relevant [1,2,3,4].The individual characteristics of a linguistic personality come to the fore when studying a person in a language, the most important of which is gender, which determines its social, cultural and cognitive orientation in the world
The interdisciplinary nature of gender studies has led to the demand for linguistic competence to study the gender construct, which has given rise to an independent discipline - linguistic genderology
The interdisciplinary nature of such studies has led to the demand for linguistic competence to study the gender construct, which has given rise to an independent discipline – linguistic genderology
Summary
The research paradigm, based on the principle of anthropocentrism in the study of linguistic phenomena, which is expressed in an attempt to comprehend them through the prism of a human, continues to be relevant [1,2,3,4].The individual characteristics of a linguistic personality come to the fore when studying a person in a language, the most important of which is gender, which determines its social, cultural and cognitive orientation in the world. Within the framework of gender studies, the term gender is understood as a system of differences structured under the influence of culture. Two categories of differences – social and biological – are the basis of the concept of gender and are the theoretical basis for the consideration of legal concepts in the gender aspect. In this regard, gender is considered as a socio-cultural construct; it is interpreted as a conventional phenomenon; it is considered as a discursive factor of variable intensity
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