It is hereby performed .. : explorations in legal speech acts / Dennis Kurzon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurzon, Dennis.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 7:6.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; 7:6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Language.

Law.

Semantics (Law).

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35901-4

9786613359018

90-272-7929-2

OCLC:

637671814