Volume 7 of ESP Across Cultures is the first issue to be devoted to a specific theme within the world of English for Specific Purposes. The theme chosen here is ‘legal English across cultures’. In many ways this issue complements the volume that we co-edited on Legal Discourse across Languages and Cultures published by Peter Lang in 2010 (vol. 117 of the Linguistic Insights series edited by Maurizio Gotti). One difference between the two volumes is that all of the contributions in this special issue of ESP Across Cultures are concerned with legal English seen from a cross-cultural perspective, whereas three of the papers comprising the volume on Legal Discourse across Languages and Cultures referred to languages other than English. Of the seven papers constituting this special issue, five are of an essentially theoretical nature, while two are more concerned with pragmatic matters.
ESP Across Cultures. Special issue 'Legal English across cultures'
WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER
2010-01-01
Abstract
Volume 7 of ESP Across Cultures is the first issue to be devoted to a specific theme within the world of English for Specific Purposes. The theme chosen here is ‘legal English across cultures’. In many ways this issue complements the volume that we co-edited on Legal Discourse across Languages and Cultures published by Peter Lang in 2010 (vol. 117 of the Linguistic Insights series edited by Maurizio Gotti). One difference between the two volumes is that all of the contributions in this special issue of ESP Across Cultures are concerned with legal English seen from a cross-cultural perspective, whereas three of the papers comprising the volume on Legal Discourse across Languages and Cultures referred to languages other than English. Of the seven papers constituting this special issue, five are of an essentially theoretical nature, while two are more concerned with pragmatic matters.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
