02476nam 2200469 450 991079413300332120210224102305.090-04-43616-210.1163/9789004436169(CKB)4100000011287403(OCoLC)1154954204(nllekb)BRILL9789004436169(MiAaPQ)EBC6359673(EXLCZ)99410000001128740320210224d2020 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierLaw, language, and change a diachronicsemantic analysis of consideration in the common law /by Caroline LaskeLeiden ;Boston :BRILL/NIJHOFF,[2020]©20201 online resourceLegal history library ;Volume 4290-04-42848-8 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.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.Legal history library ;Volume 42.Consideration (Law)EnglandHistoryContractsEnglandHistoryConsideration (Law)History.ContractsHistory.346.42022Laske Caroline1577822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794133003321Law, language, and change3856717UNINA