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Towards a Conceptualization of Legal English as a Lingua Franca?
Full text linkEnglish is de facto reinforcing its role as the language of international legal communication. Indeed, while different national languages continue to play a crucial role in the definition, the execution, and the application of the law, English is increasingly employed by non-native legal professionals worldwide. Thus, this study focuses on the use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in legal settings and aims to offer considerations towards the conceptualization of Legal English as a Lingua Franca (LELF). As English is considered a global asset in legal communication, it is argued that a finer problematization of LELF is imperative. In this respect, the study also discusses whether it is possible to apply the concept of a lingua franca to legal language tout court or whether the distinctive features of legal discourse across systems make the definition of LELF inapplicable from a conceptual perspective. This article also offers a reflection on the main concerns which arise regarding the widespread use of English in legal settings, especially in the light of the specificities of different legal systems, legal cultures and communities of practice. Thus, all stakeholders involved should adopt a more reflexive approach in order to go beyond the unproblematic acceptance of LELF across legal settings and to be more aware of the implications and consequences that its usage entails
Popularization and Democratization of Knowledge through Blawgs
Full text linkThe main aim of this study is to investigate the role of blawgs as a source of legal information both within and external to the epistemic law community and as a legitimizing tool for the many different voices which interact on a blawg. To this end, a corpus of twenty influential environmental blawgs has been compiled and analyzed qualitatively.
The analysis focuses on how blawgs may contribute to the popularization and dissemination of knowledge in relation to environmental law. In particular, it is observed that explanations are aimed at a heterogeneous public and do not necessarily draw upon an underlying consensus. In this respect, attention is paid to the discursive practices employed and to how bloggers filter and distill the overwhelming volume of information available. Moreover, the role of metaphors is discussed and defined as having not only an ornamental or aesthetic function, but also a methodological and epistemic one.
Within the debate over which blogs are seen as indisputable tools for the democratization of legal information or as threats to traditional legal scholarship, this paper ultimately argues for understanding blawgs as a complementary (rather than substitutive) arena for discussion
[Review to:] María Luisa Carrió-Pastor (Ed.). Corpus Analysis in Different Genres: Academic Discourse and Learner Corpora. London/New York: Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367417161 372 pp.
No full textBOWLES, Hugo / SEEDHOUSE, Paul (eds.), Conversation Analysis and Language for Specific Purposes, Peter Lang, Bern 2007
Full text linkGiochiamo alla sostenibilità nel metaverso: La realtà virtuali tra aspetti ludici, educativi e professionali per promuovere la cultura della sostenibilità
No full textSyncretic expertise in TED Talks: Insights into environmental discourse
No full textThis paper focuses on the popularization of information related to environmental issues in media texts, with a particular focus on TED Talks. TED talks are a distinctive genre with has considerable social implications, especially when the presentations concern themes such as the environment, the understanding of which is a key determinant in the full realization of specific environmental policies. In this respect, this study suggests a critical need to go beyond the purely technical analysis of environmental issues by framing them within a wider discourse, which is more likely to influence the public at large. The paper explores a corpus of popular talks which deal with environmental issues and analyzes their macro-structural components. Methodologically, traditional genre analysis is integrated with a critical stimulus in order to unveil the strategies employed to overcome the technophilic/technophobic dichotomy which often typifies environmental discourse. The findings show the flexible and dynamic nature of TED Talks. Their communicative success lies specifically in the ability of the presenters to attract the audience’s attention by making use of different communicative strategies and drawing on different forms of expertise, within the specific structural constraints imposed by this genre
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No full textArbitration Discourse across Cultures: Asian Perspectives
No full textThe intensification of commercial exchanges and business relationships between Eastern and Western countries brings with it an increasing need to resolve disputes involving parties from profoundly different and geographically distant regions (Bhatia and Gotti 2015). International commercial disputes are often resolved through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures, the use of which is particularly on the increase in Asia. Consequently, a mutual understanding of the contours that ADR discourse may assume within different legal cultures is crucial. In this study, the websites of the main arbitration centres operating in Asia are analysed from a textual perspective in order to define how they are discursively constructed and can be used as promotional tools. This investigation can thus help to understand the importance assumed
by internationalization processes or by local cultural elements in the promotion of a particular centre as a convenient seat for international arbitration. While each country represents a dynamic world where rules, practices, conventions and
values are subject to constant change, this investigation confirms that the online presentation of arbitration institutions in the Asian region is characterized by a tendency towards standardization, in line with what is happening on a global scale. Thus, it may be argued that, on the one hand, cultural elements play a major role in how laws are executed and practices
develop but, on the other hand, harmonization of legal and procedural aspects occurring globally is also influencing arbitration in Asia, and the promotional discourses which characterize the arbitral centres analysed appear to be particularly standardized. The analysis also serves to illustrate the concept of discursive isomorphism, intended as a
process leading to the resemblance or even the replication of specific discursive forms and patterns which emerge across different institutional websites
Lovextortion: Persuasion strategies in romance cybercrime
No full textOnline romance scams represent a growing global phenomenon. This study investigates a corpus of authentic messages of this type written in English, focusing on their structural, discursive, and linguistic features.
The analysis shows that errors of judgment are exploited by scammers in order to lead victims to an inability to recognize an attempted fraud, despite the signs present in the message. The data obtained may contribute to the development and production of guidelines to be circulated widely, especially on sensitive sites online (e.g. dating sites), to help end-users to become more knowledgeable about adversarial fraudulent strategies
Jury trials and the popularization of legal language: A discourse analytical approach
No full textThis book explores the techniques and discursive strategies that are typical of the communicative interactions between professionals and laymen in a jury trial. It also investigates the complex relationship that emerges between written and oral communication in different phases of the trial. The analysis takes into account the many nuances that define these dynamics and the various possibilities that the jurors have to intervene in the process, particularly in the light of recent procedural developments. Special attention is devoted to the observation of the specific strategies adopted to illustrate legal ideas and concepts to the jurors according to the speakers’ various communicative purposes. By adopting a discourse analytical perspective which combines both qualitative and quantitative approaches, the book highlights the hybridity of the language used in court and the combination of different styles and registers
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