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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457670303321

Autore

Kurzon Dennis

Titolo

It is hereby performed .. [[electronic resource] ] : explorations in legal speech acts / / Dennis Kurzon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986

ISBN

1-283-35901-4

9786613359018

90-272-7929-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (89 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0166-6258 ; ; 7:6

Disciplina

340/.14

Soggetti

Law - Language

Semantics (Law)

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

IT IS HEREBY PERFORMED... EXPLORATIONS IN LEGAL SPEECH ACTS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE STATUTE AS A SPEECH ACT; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Performatives; 1.3. Felicity Conditions; 1.4. A statute as a speech act; 1.4.1. The statute as a performative; 1.4.2. The felicity conditions of a statute; 1.5. The legislative sentence as a speech act; 1.5.1 Permission (may); 1.5.2. Ordering (shall); 1.5.3. Ambiguity of may and shall; 1.5.4. Prohibition (shall not); 1.6. Other main clause verbs; 2. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT AS A COMMUNICATIVE ACT

3. POTENTIAL SPEECH ACTS: THE GRAMMAR OF DELEGATING POWER3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Features of potential speech acts; 3.3. Similar structures; 3.4. Wills and deeds; 4. REVERSIBLE PERFORMATIVES; 5. 'THIS' AND 'THAT' IN LEGAL TEXTS; 6. WHAT DOES A JUDGE DO'? SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS IN COURT JUDGMENTS; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Modality; 6.3. Conditionals; 6.4. Non-factive predicators; 6.5. Conclusion; FOOTNOTES; APPENDIX; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with speech acts, especially performatives, that are regarded as 'operative' in legal discourse. After a detailed exposition of



speech act theory in relation to legislative texts, the author discusses the legal document as a communicative act; potential speech acts and delegated legislation; wills, the marriage ceremony and statutes as reversible performatives; and the distinction between the deictic function of this and the anaphoric function of that in legal documents. The final chapter is concerned with another text type, case reports, and addresses the questio