Observing eurolects : corpus analysis of linguistic variation in EU law / edited by Laura Mori.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mori, Laura (Linguist), editor.

Eurolect Observatory, sponsoring body.

Series:

Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 86.

Studies in corpus linguistics (SCL), 1388-0373 ; volume 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--European Union countries--Language.

Law.

Law--Translating--European Union countries.

Language and languages.

Law--Translating.

European Union countries--Languages--Law and legislation.

European Union countries.

Language and languages--Law and legislation.

Law--Language.

Physical Description:

xiv, 394 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]

Summary:

Focusing on the multi-faceted topic of Eurolects, this volume brings together knowledge and methodologies from various disciplines, including sociolinguistics, legal linguistics, corpus linguistics, and translation studies. The legislative varieties of eleven EU official and working languages (Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Polish, Spanish) are analyzed using corpus methodologies in order to investigate the variational dynamics and translation-induced patterns of the different languages. The underlying assumption is that, within the sociolinguistic continua of the EU languages, it is possible to single out specific legislative varieties (Eurolects) that originate at a supra-national level. This research hypothesis is strongly supported by the empirical findings derived from detailed corpus analyses of each language. This work represents the first systematic and comprehensive linguistic research conducted on a wide range of EU languages using the same protocol and applying corpus methodologies to the extensive Eurolect Observatory Multilingual Corpus.

Contents:

The Eurolect Observatory project : corpus research at the service of multilingual law-making

Introduction : the Eurolect Observatory project / Laura Mori

The Eurolect Observatory multilingual corpus : construction and query tools / Marco Stefano Tomatis

Observing eurolects : the case of the Netherlandic Dutch / Gert De Sutter and Fee De Bock

Observing eurolects : the case of English / Annalisa Sandrelli

Observing eurolects : the case of Finnish / Mikhail Mikhailov and Aino Piehl

Observing eurolects : the case of French / Stéphane Patin and Fabrizio Megale

Observing eurolects : the case of German / Fabio Proia

Observing eurolects : the case of Greek / Vilelmini Sosoni, Katia Lida Kermanidis and Sotirios Livas

Observing eurolects : the case of Italian / Laura Mori

Observing eurolects : the case of Latvian / Gatis Dilans

Observing eurolects : the case of Maltese / Sergio Portelli and Sandro Caruana

Observing eurolects : the case of Polish / Lucja Biel

Observing eurolects : the case of Spanish / Lorenzo Blini

Conclusions : a cross-linguistic overview on eurolects / Laura Mori.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Observing eurolects

ISBN:

9789027201706

9027201706

OCLC:

1043580649