In:Corpus-based Research on Variation in English Legal Discourse
Edited by Teresa Fanego and Paula Rodríguez-Puente
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 91] 2019
► pp. 291–294
Subject index
Published online: 6 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.91.index2
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.91.index2
A
- acts of parliament passim8, 10, 14–16 , 173–174 , 177, 181–184 , 188–189 , 190, 193, 235–260
- adjective
91–92
, 103, 125, 133, 137, 141,
155–156
, 205, 272
- attributive9, 163–166 , 250
- adverb59, 92, 103, 125,
155–156
see also adverbial
- attitudinal13
- compound3, 32, 45, 89–90
- consequential11
- in binomials91
- stance126
- adverbial9, 11, 60, 126
- anaphora 30–32 ; , 45, 89, 172, 178, 180see also pronoun
- Anglo-Norman3
- argumentation passim 12, 62, 69, 86–87 , 100, 123, 125, 127–128 , 132–143 151, 261
- article
- omission of30, 34, 82
- assumption passim 13, 123, 128–131 , 140–144
- authorial124, 144, 172, 185–187 , 190, 192–193
- authority8, 44, 56, 71–72 , 123, 139, 143–144 , 151, 173, 185–186 , 193, 245, 248, 253, 256
B
- binomial11, 25–26 ; , 30, 34, 45–46 ; , 91–93 ; , 100, 238, 243, 250see also multinomial
- Bulgarian187
C
- Catalan52, 55
- clause35, 44, 144, 150, 186see also conditional
- active 38–39 , 41
- adverbial155, 160–162
- complement passim 12–13 , 14, 84, 87, 89, 100, 124–146 155, 160–162 , 166
- concessive59, 67–68
- coordinate3, 11, 35, 45, 161
- insubordinate59, 62, 68
- participial36, 45
- passive3, 9, 11–12 , 38–39 , 40, 41, 45–46 , 94, 96, 98–100 , 156, 158–159 , 240
- relative 11–12 , 14, 30, 35–36 , 45, 87, 89, 90, 95, 98, 100, 155, 160–162 , 166, 250
- subordinate14, 35, 36, 84, 87, 155, 160, 163, 166
- collocation passim;16, 42, 85, 92,
235–260
see also semantic prosody
- and social representation passim 16, 235–260
- colloquialization passim;14, 149–169 ; see also popularization
- complexity passim 12, 14, 35, 37, 87, 89, 98, 100, 144, 149–169 ; 171see also nominalization; noun phrase
- conclusion 13–14 , 128–133 , 137–139 , 142
- conditional passim
3, 11,
51–78
97
- complex connective52, 55, 60–61
- epistemic54, 69
- insubordinate59, 62, 68
- marked11, 59, 66–67 , 72
- normative vs non-normative56
- si-conditional 58–60 , 67–68
- speech act54, 69
- unless-conditional56, 59–60
- contract passim
11,
25–50
- land contract passim 11, 25–50
- lease agreement26, 41
- macrostructure11, 30, 45
- operative provisions11, 28–29
- recitals11, 27–29 , 45
- contraction9, 14, 149, 155, 158–159
- coordinator84, 93–94 ; see also clause: coordinate
- coordinating conjunction 83–84 ; , 90, 103see also clause: coordinate
- corpora
- Academic Journals Corpus (AJC) passim 129–146
- American Law Corpus 129
- British Law Report Corpus (BLaRC)125, 133, 139, 174
- British Library Patent Archive Sample (BLPAS) passim 208–234
- British National Corpus (BNC)12, 33, 81–84 , 87, 106, 222
- Corpus of Early Modern English Statutes 1491–1707 177, 183, 195
- Corpus of English Dialogues 1560–1760 (CED) passim 10, 105–122 178
- Corpus of Historical English Law Reports 1535–1999 (CHELAR) passim vii, 14–15 , 149–199
- Corpus of Judicial Opinions (CJO) passim 129–146
- Corpus of Late Modern English Statutes passim 16, 235–260
- Corpus de Sentencias Penales (COSPE)33
- Hansard Corpus passim 52–78
- Helsinki Corpus 55, 177, 183–184
- Integrated Reference Corpora for Spoken Romance Languages (C-ORAL-ROM) passim 52–78
- International Corpus of English (ICE-GB) passim 52–78
- Lascaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus of British English 6
- London-Lund Corpus of Spoken English 6
- Old Bailey Corpus 2.0 (OBC) passim 10, 17, 178, 261–285
- counterfactuality53, 55–56 , 97
- courtroom discourse passim, passim, passim 9, 11–13 , 16–17 , 51–78 87, 105–122 126, 189, 261–285
- Czech33
D
- data problem9
- discourse marker9, 11, 66
- drunk passim 17, 262–285
- Dutch52, 55
E
- economy passim 14, 90, 98, 149–169
- ellipsis36, 89, 94–95 , 100
- English for Legal Purposes144, 174
- English for Specific Purposes7
- evaluation passim 54, 123–146 185, 239, 256, 267, 279
- evolutionary theory passim
15,
201–234
- Darwinian 205–206 , 225
- replication passim 15, 201–234
- selection passim 16, 201–234
F
- fact passim 13, 87–88 , 100, 113, 122, 123–146
- factor analysis6see also multi-dimensional analysis
- fiction à substrat specialisé (FASP)2, 113–114
- forensic linguistics 3–5 ; see also Miranda case
- French passim 3, 11, 44, 51–78 90, 187, 189
- G
- gender181,
237–238
, 249, 265, 266
- neutrality181see also pronoun: sex-role bias
- women 181–182 , 236, 238, 241, 246, 250, 255, 266, 269–270 , 281
- genre2,
6–12
,
14–17
, 38, 43, 46, 57, 150, 152, 167, 186see also legal discourse; register; text type
- blogging206
- change passim 201–234
- contract passim 11, 25–50
- fiction passim 2, 7, 9–10 , 14, 149–169 238
- IMRD rhetorical structure152, 167
- insurance policy3, 8, 45
- judicial opinion passim 13, 123–146
- law report passim 8, 14–16 , 125, 129, 149–199
- legal passim, passim, passim 8, 10, 12, 14, 45, 65, 73, 79–103 123–146 201–234
- newspaper article passim 14, 149–169 240, 257
- parliamentary acts passim 8, 10, 14–16 , 173–174 , 177, 181–184 , 188–189 , 190, 193, 235–260
- patent passim 15–16 , 201–234
- proclamations10, 14–15 , 174, 177, 182–184 , 188, 190, 193
- research article passim, passim 7, 9, 14, 25, 79–104 125, 129, 149–169 204–205
- speech-based10, 178
- statutes passim 1, 9, 14–15 , 56, 173–174 , 177, 182–184 , 188–190 , 193, 235–260
- trial proceedings passim 10, 105–122 176–178 , 189
- wills8, 40, 45, 80, 177, 185, 193
- witness depositions10, 176, 178, 189, 193
- genre analysis 202–205
- German55, 187
H
- historical pragmatics passim;2, 9–10 ; , 16, 226, 235–260 ; see also (im)politeness
- Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary 267
I
- idea 130–131 , 139–140 , 143
- impersonal3, 16, 38, 45, 143, 172–173 , 192, 240, 256
- (im)politeness261, 266, 272see also politeness
- Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) 175–176 , 192–193
- industrial revolution208, 217, 223
- intensification passim
17,
261–285
- amplifier280
- downtoner280
- interpersonality passim; 14–15 ; , 125, 171–199 ; see also metafunction: interpersonal
- Italian passim 11, 25–50 52, 55, 127
J
- judicial opinion passim;13, 123–146 ; see also law report; legal opinion
K
- keyness passim 12, 79–103
- king passim 16, 236–260
L
- Latin3, 210
- law report passim;8, 14–16 ; , 125, 129, 149–199 ; see also judicial opinion; legal opinion
- legal discourse passim
- academic passim, passim 8, 12, 25, 79–103 123–146
- business passim 12, 46, 79–103 125
- commercial passim 12, 25, 79–103
- courtroom passim, passim, passim 9, 11–13 , 16–17 , 51–78 87, 105–122 126, 189, 261–285
- descriptive8, 173, 177, 190, 193
- expository8, 152, 173–174 , 193
- formal8, 14, 33, 167, 171–172 , 178, 182, 189, 192–194 , 240
- frozen8, 38, 45
- hybrid8, 52, 57, 173–174 , 190, 193
- juridical8
- legalese11, 45
- legislative8, 25, 38, 40, 65, 89, 92–94 , 97, 246
- operative8, 11, 28–29 , 173–174 , 193
- parliamentary passim; 10–12 ; , 51–78 ; see also genre: parliamentary acts
- prescriptive8, 15, 26, 38, 40, 44–46 , 173–174 , 177, 182, 190, 193
- legal opinion passim; 8–9 ; , 123–146 ; see also judicial opinion; law report
- length
- of sentence3, 12, 30, 35, 45, 84, 89, 97–98 , 100, 172
- of word 155–156
- lexical bundle passim
12, 13, 26,
105–122
125
- as utterance launcher13, 113, 119
- other-directed 111–112 , 119
- speaker-centered 111–112
- with specific reference13, 111, 113, 119
- listing12, 35, 89, 100
M
- majesty passim 16, 236–260
- metafunction passim;11,
51–78
see also conditional
- ideational passim 11, 51–78
- interpersonal passim 11, 51–78 ; 125, 173, 185, 187, 192see also interpersonality
- textual passim 11, 51–78
- Miranda case4see also forensic linguistics
- modal passim
3, 11, 13, 14, 26,
38–45
51,
55–57
,
64–66
,
71–74
, 84,
95–98
, 103, 135, 149, 155,
158–159
, 166see also modality
- be going to 149, 158–159
- deontic 25–26 , 38–46 , 56, 87, 95, 97–99
- Fr. devoir 71
- It. dovere 39, 42–43
- Fr. falloir 71
- got to 159
- have to 159–160 , 166
- It. potere 39, 42–43
- Fr. pouvoir71
- It. volere42
- modality passim 25–26 , 30, 38–46 79, 87, 97
- move analysis passim
7, 15,
201–234
- move sequence analysis205, 213, 219–222 , 225
- move type analysis 213–219 , 225
- multi-dimensional analysis6, 14, 179, 190see also factor analysis
- Involved vs. Informational Production15, 173, 178
- Narrative vs. Non-narrative Discourse178
- multinomial11, 30, 34, 45, 238, 243see also binomial
N
- negation136, 268, 275, 276, 281
- negative39, 42, 59–60 , 87, 93, 128, 130, 134, 136, 141, 143
- nominalization3, 9, 25, 30, 37, 45–46 , 154–158 , 165–166 , 172
- notion 129–131 , 139–140 , 143
- noun
- as pre-modifier passim 14, 155–169
- attitude127, 130, 132
- common82, 156–158
- communication123, 130–132
- deontic44
- ending in -mento 37
- ending in -zione 37
- epistemic passim 13, 123–146
- noun that-pattern passim 13–14 , 123–146
- possessive12, 83–86 , 99, 103
- stance passim 13, 123–146
- status 127–128 , 130
- noun phrase150, 155see also complexity
- bare34
- post-modification14, 153–155 , 163–164 , 167
- pre-modification14, 158, 163–165
O
- oral/literate continuum9
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED)189, 267–268 , 273–274
P
- part of speech (POS) passim 12, 79–103
- participle84, 89, 91, 94, 103
- passive
- be passive 98–100 , 156, 158
- get passive 158–159
- patent passim 15–16 , 201–234
- Patent Law Amendment Act16, 215, 223
- Patent Office16, 208, 215, 219
- person passim 16, 236, 238–239 , 243–256
- Plain Language Movement3, 11, 38, 40
- Polish26, 127
- politeness41, 62, 69, 187, 189, 261,
266–267
, 272
- face99, 128, 261, 266–267 , 271, 276–277 , 282
- popularization passim;14, 149–169 ; see also colloquialization
- pragmatics
1–2
,
9–10
, 26, 41, 46, 208see also historical pragmatics
- euphemism261, 271–272 , 274
- preposition103, 154, 239
- complex30, 33, 45
- prepositional phrase14, 114, 144,
153–155
,
163–164
, 172
- for-phrase154, 163
- in-phrase154, 163
- of-phrase163
- on-phrase154, 163
- pronoun
30–31
- majestic plural15, 183
- personal passim 13–15 , 31, 82, 111–112 , 117, 149, 155, 158–159 , 171–199
- relative12, 32, 35, 84, 87, 89, 90, 94, 100, 103, 129see also clause: relative
- sex-role bias31, 181–182
- wh- 84, 97–98
Q
- queen passim 16, 236–258
- question(ing) passim
61, 62, 106, 108, 115, 118, 188, 242,
261–285
- rhetorical97
- wh-13, 108, 115, 116, 117
- yes/no108, 116
R
- reference target passim 17, 261–285
- registersee also genre; legal discourse; text type
- academic passim, passim, passim 7–8 , 12–14 , 25, 79–103 124–146 149–169 180, 185, 187, 204–205
- agile passim 14, 149–169
- movie language2, 113–114
- sub-register passim 12–13 , 105–122
- transversal12, 81, 99
- TV language2, 113–114
- uptight passim 14, 149–169
- repetition11, 30–32 , 89, 91, 172, 180, 237, 240, 248
- Romance languages passim 44, 51–78
- Russian187
S
- semantic prosody16, 236, 239–241 , 243, 254–257
- Shakespeare 1–2
- sober 17, 268, 270–271 , 274–277 , 280, 283
- social class263, 265, 267–268
- Somali7
- sovereign passim 16, 236–258
- Spanish passim 11, 33, 51–78 187
- speaker role 265–266 , 278, 280–281
- speech act9, 15, 125, 210, 241see also conditional: speech act
- commissive26, 46
- directive26, 46
- stance passim 11, 13, 54–55 , 66, 123–146 187, 264–265 , 272
- style
- impersonal3, 38, 45, 143, 173, 192, 240, 256
- involved171, 173, 178, 180, 192
- subjectivity passim 15, 123, 127, 171–199
- suggestion 128, 130–131 , 139, 143
T
- text type 6–7 , 56–57 , 171, 173–174 , 178, 182, 188, 190, 192–194 , 203, 240
- trial passim, passim
10,
12–13
, 25, 62, 73,
105–122
176–178
, 187, 189,
193–194
,
262–283
- closing argument13, 105–114 , 120, 265
- cross-examination13, 57, 105–114 , 116–120
- direct examination13, 105–108 , 114–118 , 120, 188, 267
- O. J. Simpson passim 13, 105–122
- opening statement13, 105–114 , 120, 265
V
- varieties of English
- American passim, passim 26, 40, 56, 105–122 127, 129–144 161, 267
- Irish56, 267
- verbsee also modal; verb form
- deontic44
- lexical 155–156
- mental99, 112, 185
- of communication 111–112
- of perception 111–112
- of reporting125
- performative28, 43
- phrasal14, 158–159
- speech act125
- verb pairs 91–92
- verb form
36–37
, 63, 103
- future44
- normative indicative44
- past64
- present indicative12, 44, 63–64 , 84, 87–88 , 103
- progressive 158–159
- voiceSee clause: passive
