A corpus-based study of vague language in legislative texts: Strategic use of vague terms
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- 作者：Shuangling Li ; lisl@swufe.edu.cnAuthor Vitae
- 关键词：Corpus-based study ; Vague language ; Legislative texts ; Legislative communicative competence
- 刊名：English for Specific Purposes
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：45
- 期：Complete
- 页码：98-109
- 全文大小：332 K
- 卷排序：45
文摘
Investigates vague use in corpus of legislative texts. Linguistically, vague use associated with four main semantic groups: ‘quantity’, ‘time’, ‘degree’ and ‘category’. Functionally, vague use may contribute to several communicative purposes of legislative texts. Vague use should be considered important specialised communicative strategy in drafting of legislative language.