Language of the law (Acts of parliament), language in legal processes (Police interviews), language as evidence (Forensic phonetics)
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What are the purposes, needs, and difficulties of acts of parliament
Purpose - Applying the law, must be precise, unambiguous and have continuity and inclusivity. Difficulties - Complexity, inaccessibility, exclusivity, conservatism
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List the characteristics of legal register
Formulaic/archaic constructions, nominalisation (removes need for subject), binomials, 'or', if conditionals, complex preps., repetition, hypernyms
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What are the 3 stages of a trial
Direct examination, cross examination, re examination
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What are the question types in legal discourse
confirmation/information seeking questions, Coercive questioning, WH questions, either or questions, tag questions, bare declaratives,
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What is the function of the types of questioning used in a legal setting
For the accuser to gain control and guide the suspect into confessing
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Define the term relexicalisation and what is the ultimate goal of it
Rephrasing the sentence using a different word each time to try and gain evidence. For example sceptical - disbelief - denier
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What is the balancing act issue that legal text producers face
They must keep a balance between keeping the text unambiguous and inclusive etc to ensure lawyers cannot find loopholes in the accusation. However they must also ensure it isn't too complex/inaccessible. Although it must also keep some complexity
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What are the purposes, needs, and difficulties of acts of parliament
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Purpose - Applying the law, must be precise, unambiguous and have continuity and inclusivity. Difficulties - Complexity, inaccessibility, exclusivity, conservatism
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