Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics

The paper aims at describing the findings and conclusions formulated in the analysis of the authorship factor in legal discourse. It is hypothesised that verbal structures show systemically varied distribution across legal discourse and the relevant distinctions run through the authorship categories...

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Autor principal:	Więcławska Edyta
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	stylometry verbal structures authorship factor stylistic distinctions linguistic variation legal discourse. institutional setting professional title supervised search corpus analysis comparative analysis History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fb5ba452a16d4658b3ca689f12cb9f702021-12-05T14:11:11ZQuantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics2199-605910.2478/slgr-2021-0010https://doaj.org/article/fb5ba452a16d4658b3ca689f12cb9f702021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0010https://doaj.org/toc/2199-6059The paper aims at describing the findings and conclusions formulated in the analysis of the authorship factor in legal discourse. It is hypothesised that verbal structures show systemically varied distribution across legal discourse and the relevant distinctions run through the authorship categories. When it comes to the aim of the research it draws on the tradition of sociolinguistic methodology targeting issues related to language variation which follows the basic assumptions of functional grammar. From the point of view of the material covered by the analysis it contributes to the research on legal discourse and specifically on its specialised domain referred to as corporate, company or business discourse. It provides additional empirical data pointing to the non-homogeneity of the legal style and formal distinctions originating from rich contextual background. The study is conducted on the material of a custom-designed corpus of English legal texts, classified as secondary genres.Więcławska EdytaSciendoarticlestylometryverbal structuresauthorship factorstylistic distinctionslinguistic variationlegal discourse. institutional settingprofessional titlesupervised searchcorpus analysiscomparative analysisHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999ENStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, Vol 66, Iss 1, Pp 147-165 (2021)
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spellingShingle	stylometry verbal structures authorship factor stylistic distinctions linguistic variation legal discourse. institutional setting professional title supervised search corpus analysis comparative analysis History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Więcławska Edyta Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics
description	The paper aims at describing the findings and conclusions formulated in the analysis of the authorship factor in legal discourse. It is hypothesised that verbal structures show systemically varied distribution across legal discourse and the relevant distinctions run through the authorship categories. When it comes to the aim of the research it draws on the tradition of sociolinguistic methodology targeting issues related to language variation which follows the basic assumptions of functional grammar. From the point of view of the material covered by the analysis it contributes to the research on legal discourse and specifically on its specialised domain referred to as corporate, company or business discourse. It provides additional empirical data pointing to the non-homogeneity of the legal style and formal distinctions originating from rich contextual background. The study is conducted on the material of a custom-designed corpus of English legal texts, classified as secondary genres.
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title	Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics
title_short	Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics
title_full	Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics
title_fullStr	Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics
title_full_unstemmed	Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics
title_sort	quantitative distribution of verbal structures with reference to the authorship factor in legal stylistics
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Quantitative Distribution of Verbal Structures with Reference to the Authorship Factor in Legal Stylistics

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