《商務(wù)英語教師發(fā)展學(xué)養(yǎng)叢書·法律英語的傳統(tǒng)與變革:規(guī)范性文本的動詞結(jié)構(gòu)》中以全世界范圍內(nèi)以英語為官方語言的母語國家政府和權(quán)威機(jī)構(gòu)以及國際性組織頒布的正式公約、法律和法規(guī)作為研究對象,不僅對這些規(guī)范性法律文本中的所有情態(tài)動詞以及半情態(tài)動詞進(jìn)行解析,而且對所有動詞的陳述性結(jié)構(gòu)以及非限定性結(jié)構(gòu)(尤其是動名詞形式和過去分詞形式)展開全面梳理,而這兩方面內(nèi)容也正是法律英語研究者常常忽略的問題之一。此外,為了將動詞結(jié)構(gòu)在規(guī)范性法律文本中的運(yùn)用分析得全面且透徹,作者對于規(guī)范性法律文本的特征、通用的角度、時態(tài)、情態(tài)等問題進(jìn)行了歸納,同時對于可能涉及的法律原則也進(jìn)行了全面的總結(jié)。
Foreword
Introduction
Ⅰ.Legal Language and Prescriptive Legal Texts
1.Prescriptive v.descriptive legal texts
2.Legal Language, legal systems and the English-speaking world
3.The specificities of prescriptive legal texts in English
3.1.Archaic or rarely used words and expressions
3.2.Foreign words and expressions, especially Latinisms
3.3.Frequent repetition of particular words, expressions and syntactic structures
3.4.Long, complex sentences, with intricate patterns of coordination and subordination
3.5.Frequent use of passive constructions
3.6.Impersonal style
4.The structure of prescriptive legal texts
4.1.Preliminary provisions
4.2.Principal provisions.
Foreword
Introduction
Ⅰ.Legal Language and Prescriptive Legal Texts
1.Prescriptive v.descriptive legal texts
2.Legal Language, legal systems and the English-speaking world
3.The specificities of prescriptive legal texts in English
3.1.Archaic or rarely used words and expressions
3.2.Foreign words and expressions, especially Latinisms
3.3.Frequent repetition of particular words, expressions and syntactic structures
3.4.Long, complex sentences, with intricate patterns of coordination and subordination
3.5.Frequent use of passive constructions
3.6.Impersonal style
4.The structure of prescriptive legal texts
4.1.Preliminary provisions
4.2.Principal provisions.
4.3.Final provisions
Ⅱ.The Linguistic and Pragmatic Functions of Prescriptive Legal Texts
1.Speech act theory, performativity and enactment
2.The communicative function and the pragmatic function of prescriptive legal texts
3.Vagueness v.precision
Ⅲ Tense, Aspect and Modality in Prescriptive Legal Texts in English
1.Tense, aspect and modality: introduction
1.1.Tense
1.2.Aspect
1.3.Modality
2.The temporal dimension of prescriptive legal texts
2.1.Sunset legislation
Ⅳ.The 'World Data' Corpus
1.Criteria for selecting the 'World data
Ⅴ.Verbal Constructions in Prescriptive Legal Texts
1.Finite verbal constructions: introduction
2.Modals and semi-modals
2.1.Shall
2.2.May
2.3.Must
2.4.Should
2.5.W
2.6.Be to
2.7.Would
2.8.Ca
2.9.Could
2.10.0ther modals and semi-modals
2.10.1.Might
2.10.2.Need not
2.10.3.Have to
3.Mood
3.1.Imperatives
3.2.Subjunctives
4.Indicative forms
4.1.Present simple
4.2.Present perfect
4.3.Past simple
4.4.Present progressive
4.5.Past perfect
5.Voice: Passive v.active form
6.Non-finite verbal constructions
6.1.Non-finite-ing forms
6.2.Non-finite-ed participles
6.3.Infinitives
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Ⅵ.The Future of Legal Texts in English