THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE LEGAL TERMINOLOGY (THE NEED OF RECONCEPTUALIZATION AND PARADIGM SHIFT)
Journal Title: Львівський філологічний часопис - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue
Abstract
Rapid transformational processes in contemporary societies represent considerable challenges for both lawyers and translators. Trough interaction of various aspect of human activities there are qualitatively new linguistic forms of concept expression. Particularly, among them are legal terms – language units with quite complex nature. In this vein, the article gives a review of characteristic features of legal terminology within special emphasis on interdisciplinary research. As a result, current research has well-structured content and consists of 3 Paragraphs. Paragraph 1 mainly focuses on general understanding of terminology. It is argued that generally “term” can be defined as a words or phrase that denotes particular concept of some field of science, technology, art and suchlike. Terms serve as specializing, delimitative naming units specific for some sphere of human activity. Unlike the words of general vocabulary, which are often polysemantic and bear emotional coloring, terms within the field of their application, in most cases are unambiguous and deprived from expressiveness. In their unity, terms compose terminology, which has several meanings. In Paragraph 2, special attention is given to the multidimensional character of the legal terminology, designed to provide a clear understanding about various legal phenomena. Inherently, legal terminology fulfills a wide range of functions to create appropriate conditions for legal texts to become cohesive and coherent. Finally, Paragraph 3 addresses the question about English-language version of legal terminology. Essentially, it can be characterized as a set of terms, representing different legal concepts through borrowed words (from Latin and Norman-French) and conservative in some aspects. It is concluded that legal term may be defined as a word or phrase that functions within the framework of a specific legal communication and expresses a certain concept that refers to some legal phenomenon.
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Yu. Yu. Reminska
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