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Research Ethics in Legal Writing: Challenges for Empirical Research
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2019)
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Language and the Law: Linguistic Inequality in America
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2018)
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Book Review, Language and the law: Linguistic inequality in America
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2018)
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Legal Writing and International Students: Reconsidering “Complete Immersion”
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2017)
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Conceptual Blending in Legal Writing: Linking Definitions to Facts
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2016)
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Although the body of research on legal language is significant, analysis of the kinds of texts that lawyers learn to write in the vocational stage of their training remains limited. While some legal writing textbooks explicitly address the lexicogrammatical resources necessary to write common genres such as the legal memorandum, the use of features such as tense and articles is largely tied to explanations based on generality or specificity. Drawing on conceptual blending theory, this study examines the use of such features in the “Question Presented” section of eleven legal memoranda. Textual analysis is further supplemented with questionnaire data from legal writing professionals. Analysis suggests that rather than representing a clear distinction between general and specific reference, these linguistic features indexically reference and blend various “mental spaces” that are necessary for common law argumentation. The study highlights the need to connect discipline-specific concepts to linguistic meaning in English for Legal Purposes, particularly for L2 students trained in other jurisdictions.
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URL: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/ling_fac/15
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Fact or Fiction? Exploring Assumptions About ESL Writers
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2016)
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Intersections Between Law and Language: Disciplinary Concepts in Second Language Legal Literacy
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2016)
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Formulaic Sequences in L2 Legal Writing
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2016)
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Review of the book, Legal-Lay Communication: Textual Travels in the Law
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2015)
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C. Heffer, F. Rock and J. Conley (eds): Legal-Lay Communication: Textual Travels in the Law.
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