Law, language, and change a diachronic semantic analysis of Consideration in the common law / by Caroline I.B. Laske.
| Author/creator | Laske, Caroline I. B. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2020] |
| Description | xiv, 242 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Legal history library, 1874-1793 ; volume 42 |
| Contents | Legal concepts and terminology -- Language, functional linguistics, and corpus linguistics -- Legal language in England from the 14th to the 17th centuries -- The origins of the concept of Consideration -- Corpus Linguistic analysis. |
| Abstract | "In this monograph, Caroline Laske traces the advent of consideration in English contract law, by analysing the doctrinal development, in parallel with the corresponding terminological evolution and semantic shifts between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is an innovative, interdisciplinary study, showcasing the value of taking a diachronic corpus linguistics-based approach to the study of legal change and legal development, and the semantic shifts in the corresponding terminology. The seminal application in the legal field of these analytical methodologies borrowed from pragmatic linguistics goes beyond the content approach that legal research usually practices and it has allowed for claims of semantic change to be objectified. This ground-breaking work is pitched at scholars of legal history, law & language, and linguistics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020028818 |
| ISBN | 9789004428485 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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