In this paper we examine the style manuals of two areas of contemporary specialized discourse, namely legal English (LE) and scientific English (SE). Our aim is first to identify the salient features of the manuals relating to their respective fields, and then to examine some of the major similarities and differences in the advice and suggestions provided by such manuals to legal drafters and to writers of scientific texts. By carrying out this task we hope to contribute to a clearer understanding of the rhetorical strategies which lie behind the production of texts in these respective fields, conditioning the ways in which such texts are written. In order to make comparisons possible it has been necessary to compile two small corpora of roughly equal size, one of legal drafting manuals, the other of scientific style manuals.
In questo articolo prendiamo in esame i manuali di stile in lingua inglese di due aree dei linguaggi settoriali contemporanei, vale a dire l’inglese giuridico (LE = ‘Legal English’) e l’inglese scientifico (SE = ‘Scientific English’). Il nostro scopo è innanzitutto quello di individuare le caratteristiche salienti dei manuali nei rispettivi campi, per poi analizzare alcune delle principali somiglianze e differenze nei pareri e nei suggerimenti forniti nei manuali a coloro che devono redigere testi giuridici oppure elaborare testi scientifici. Il nostro obiettivo è di individuare con maggiore precisione quali strategie retoriche sono alla base della produzione dei testi nei rispettivi settori, e condizionano quindi il modo in cui tali testi vengono elaborati. Per rendere possibile tale confronto è stato necessario compilare due piccoli corpora aventi circa le stesse dimensioni, uno per i manuali giuridici, l’altro per i manuali scientifici.
(2006). Questions of Style: Legal Drafting Manuals and Scientific Style Manuals in Contemporary English [journal article - articolo]. In LINGUISTICA E FILOLOGIA. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/133
Questions of Style: Legal Drafting Manuals and Scientific Style Manuals in Contemporary English
2006-01-01
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In this paper we examine the style manuals of two areas of contemporary specialized discourse, namely legal English (LE) and scientific English (SE). Our aim is first to identify the salient features of the manuals relating to their respective fields, and then to examine some of the major similarities and differences in the advice and suggestions provided by such manuals to legal drafters and to writers of scientific texts. By carrying out this task we hope to contribute to a clearer understanding of the rhetorical strategies which lie behind the production of texts in these respective fields, conditioning the ways in which such texts are written. In order to make comparisons possible it has been necessary to compile two small corpora of roughly equal size, one of legal drafting manuals, the other of scientific style manuals.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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