Research in Language: Recent submissions
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Editorial to Special Issue on Legal Terminology
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Multilingual Legislation in the European Union. EU and National Legislative-Language Styles and Terminology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)One approach is to consider a specific piece of EU text in a range of languages and consider how the text is reproduced in each language in terms of structure and terminology. Since the original draft is frequently made ... -
Translating Law into a Dictionary. A Terminographic Model
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)Firstly, the methodological approach which was adopted in order to create the model is delineated. It is based on the combined specialist knowledge of three disciplines, namely terminography, translation studies and law. ... -
Speed Traps and the Right of Silence
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)As well as a study on the right of silence with regard to written texts, this paper also investigates the two cases in terms of icons and indices: a text may be indexical of a basic human right, and then may become an icon ... -
Defining Law Terms: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)The translation practice trends towards legal definitions seem to be more and more informed by the globalization and ‘Europeanisation’ processes now constituting a still broader context of legal communication rather than ... -
EU Terminology in Interpreter Training: Selected Problem Areas Connected With EU-Related Texts
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)Selected aspects of the aforementioned issues shall be verified in a case study conducted on trainee interpreters. -
European Union Terminology Unification - Directions for the Contrastive Study of Two Slavic and Two Non-Slavic Languages (Bulgarian, Polish, Modern Greek and English)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)This study attempts to characterize terminology unification in the European Union legislation, regarding both content and form. It analyzes terms related to the thematic field of environmental law in four official EU ... -
Actors and Actions in Prenups and Capitulaciones Matrimoniales: A Cross-Cultural Study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)The investigation of a corpus of American prenuptial agreements and Spanish capitulaciones matrimoniales shows how the popularity of premarital contracts is spreading everywhere. The American and the Spanish documents, ... -
The Importance of Content Knowledge for Successful Legal Language Acquisition
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)This paper examines what implications this interconnection between language and law has on the process of legal language instruction and acquisition. How important is the knowledge of legal content for successful acquisition ... -
Synonymy and Polysemy in Legal Terminology and Their Applications to Bilingual and Bijural Translation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)The paper focuses on synonymy and polysemy in the language of law in English-speaking countries. The introductory part briefly outlines the process of legal translation and tackle the specificity of bijural translation. ... -
Legal Terminology and Lesser Used Languages: The Case of Mòcheno
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)Since 2003 the Institute for Specialised Communication and Multilingualism of the European Academy of Bolzano (EURAC) offers education courses in legal terminology work, coupled with introductions in related/complementary ... -
Curious Legal Conditionals
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)The paper examines the use of the modal verb SHALL in the if clauses of conditionals found in legal English. The study traces the history of such usages and compares them to two uses of WILL attested in the same grammatical ... -
Conceptualization of Legal Terms in Different Fields of Law: The Need for a Transparent Terminological Approach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2011-06-17)Researchers often use subject-specific terminology in order to facilitate communication within a given field of law. Difficulties may arise when they must use scientific information that does not belong to their field. The ... -
Rhythm and Vowel Quality in Accents of English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010-10-19)In a sample of 27 speakers of Scottish Standard English two notoriously variable consonantal features are investigated: the contrast of /m/ and /w/ and non-prevocalic /r/, the latter both in terms of its presence or absence ... -
From Focus on Sounds to Focus on Words in English Pronunciation Instruction
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010-10-19)The authors present a report on the experiment in which a group of 25 Polish secondary school pupils has undergone a special training in the pronunciation of 50 commonly mispronounced words with the use of special, ... -
Sound Symbolism in Foreign Language Phonological Acquisition
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010-10-19)The paper aims at investigating the idea of a symbolic nature of sounds and its implications for in the acquisition of foreign language phonology. Firstly, it will present an overview of universal trends in phonetic ... -
Variable Scottish English Consonants: The Cases of /m/ and Non-Prevocalic /r/
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010-10-19)In a sample of 27 speakers of Scottish Standard English two notoriously variable consonantal features are investigated: the contrast of /m/ and /w/ and non-prevocalic /r/, the latter both in terms of its presence or absence ... -
Making English a New Latin
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010-10-19)The paper looks at various aspects of the so-called Latin-English analogy and particularly at the ways in which English may share the fate of Latin in ultimately becoming a victim of its own success. A critical factor in ... -
Forming New Vowel Categories in Second Language Speech: The Case of Polish Learners' Production of English /I/ and /e/
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010-10-19)The paper concentrates on formation of L2 English vowel categories in the speech of Polish learners. More specifically, it compares distribution of two English categories - /I/ and /e/ relative to neighbouring Polish vowels. ... -
The Effect of IP Constituent Position and Foot Complexity on Timing in Polish Learner's English Pronunciation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010-10-19)A comparison of native and Polish learners' performance shows similar durations of stressed and pitch accented syllables. The unstressed syllables and syllable clusters, on the other hand, are significantly longer in ...