Comparative legal linguistics : language of law, Latin and modern lingua francas / Heikki E.S. Mattila ; translated by Christopher Goddard.

This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through...

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Main Author: Mattila, Heikki E. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
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