There are many different ways in which modern Corpus Linguistics can be used to enrich
and broaden our understanding of legal discourse. Based on the central principle of co …

" This book describes the most important kinds of texts in English and introduces the
methodological techniques used to analyze them. Three analytical approaches are …

The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics,
approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It …

Multi-Dimensional analyses have been conducted for many different discourse domains and
many different languages. Using bottom-up statistical analyses, these studies have …

Little attention has been paid so far to keywords and lexical bundles used in the English
language typical of the pharmaceutical field. Conducted from a register-perspective (Biber & …

In the last decade, the availability of corpora and the technological advancements of corpus
tools have increased dramatically. Applied linguists have greater access to data from around …

Despite their ever-increasing presence in everyday life, contracts remain notoriously
inaccessible to laypeople. Why? Here, a corpus analysis (n≈ 10 million words) revealed …

Law exists solely in and through language. Nonetheless, systematical empirical analysis of
legal language has been rare. Yet, the tides are turning: After judges at various courts …

Abstract The Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) narratives in corporate annual
reports (ARs) provide critical information for investors and financial analysts. This study …

As a human interaction, legal discourse is directed to communicate aspects such as
obligation, commands, duties, rights, permission and prohibition. These aspects are realised …