- Tytuł:
- Exploring the Local Grammar of Evaluation: The Case of Adjectival Patterns in American and Italian Judicial Discourse
- Autorzy:
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Pontrandolfo, Gianluca
Goźdź-Roszkowski, Stanisław - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/620580.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2014-03-01
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
- Tematy:
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evaluation
judicial discourse
legal language
local grammar
pattern
phraseology - Opis:
- Based on a 2-million word bilingual comparable corpus of American and Italian judgments, this paper tests the applicability of a local grammar to study evaluative phraseology in judicial discourse in English and Italian. In particular, the study compares the use of two patterns: v-link + ADJ + that pattern / copula + ADJ + che and v-link + ADJ + to-infinitive pattern / copula + ADJ + verbo all’infinito in the disciplinary genre of criminal judgments delivered by the US Supreme Court and the Italian Corte Suprema di Cassazione. It is argued that these two patterns represent a viable and efficient diagnostic tool for retrieving instances of evaluative language and they represent an ideal starting point and a relevant unit of analysis for a cross-language analysis of evaluation in domainrestricted specialised discourse. Further, the findings provided shed light on important interactions occurring among major interactants involved in the judicial discourse.
- Źródło:
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Research in Language; 2014, 12, 1; 71-91
1731-7533 - Pojawia się w:
- Research in Language
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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