Chapter 6. Characteristics and Functions of Legal Language

Charrow, Robert P.; Crandall, Jo Ann; Charrow, Veda R.

doi:10.1515/9783110844818-007

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“…The Congestion Charging Zone has many different properties and they will be of interest to particular speakers to a different degree. The examples in (2) show that the use of the term is not restricted to technical contexts, which is what we can expect for a concept that has an impact on many people's daily life. The inconsistency in the choice of charge or charging among the examples in (2) and the spelling error in (2d) highlight the fact that the term has been integrated in general language competence.…”

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“…Nevertheless, it is clear that there must exist accepted definitions of these terms. This implication is also clear from some of the examples in (2). The definition has an authority that overrides any individual speaker's competence.…”

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“…The technical expressions from the life sciences which Temmerman uses in [26] as the basis for her argument are considered here examples of specialized vocabulary, not terms. In the legal domain, some of the examples from [2], such as aforesaid, belong to the legal specialized vocabulary but are not terms. Conversely, parking can hardly be argued to be very specialized, but it is a term in traffic law.…”

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Creating Legal Terms: A Linguistic Perspective

Hacken

2010

Int J Semiot Law

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Legal terms have a special status at the interface between language and law. Adopting the general framework developed by Jackendoff and the concepts competence and performance as developed by Chomsky, it is shown that legal terms cannot be fully accounted for unless we set up a category of abstract objects. This idea corresponds largely to the classical view of terminology, which has been confronted with some challenges recently. It is shown that for legal terms, arguments against abstract objects are not pertinent. As abstract objects are not natural, it is important to consider their creation. Two types of creation are distinguished and illustrated, one for new concepts and one for terms corresponding to existing general language concepts. In the latter case, it is important for the abstract object to remain close enough to the intuitive prototype. At the same time, legal terms as abstract objects are shown to have a natural place in relation to legal theory.

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Creating Legal Terms: A Linguistic Perspective

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2010

Int J Semiot Law

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“…Mass spectrometry has been used to identify small molecules and their structural features for decades, and tandem mass spectrometry has been used recently in newborn screening programs where metabolites in the blood and urine of newborns are evaluated for inborn errors of metabolism [3]. With the advent of matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), larger biomolecules, such as DNA, can also be accurately analyzed and identified based on their mass/charge (m/z) ratios.…”

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Technology challenges in screening single gene disorders

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McGinniss

2003

European Journal of Pediatrics

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The completion of the human genome project and the accelerated discovery of genes responsible for single gene disorders will allow for the preventive screening of carriers and patients. Accuracy and reliability of analytic tests are major demands on technologies used in a diagnostic screening environment. The consistency of results and the potential of multiplexing suggest mass spectrometry as the method of choice for large-scale genetic screening programs. The added ability to analyze other large molecules such as peptides and proteins further underlines the versatility and usefulness of this technology. We describe the use of mass spectrometry for screening of sickle cell disease at the level of DNA and protein. Conclusion: Analytic methods are needed for large-scale screening and diagnostic applications that are highly accurate, fully automated and cost-effective. The precise measurement of molecular weights and the use of high fidelity enzymes to produce diagnostic products make mass spectrometry the method of choice for DNA and protein screening procedures.

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“…Registers, or ways of speaking in a field, have been specified linguistically for scientific reporting (e.g., Huddleston et al, 1968), bureaucratic communication (e. g., Red ish 1983 ), and legal writing (e.g., Charrow et al 1982). Written genres, or ways of structuring complete written texts, have been specified linguistically for school sponsored writing, such as the report, the recount, and the story (Christie 1986: Martin andRothery 1986), and have been documented in textbooks of business and technical writing and in critical analyses of literary writing.…”

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