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Лесните за четене версии на правни текстове като средство за улесняване на когнитивната достъпност на юридическия език
Easy-to-read legal texts as a means of FACILITATING the cognitive accessibility of legal language

Author(s): Radomira Videva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: legal language; cognitive accessibility; easy-to-read legal texts

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to examine the easy-to-read legal texts as a means of facilitating the cognitive accessibility of legal language. We begin our study by presenting the characteristics that make the legal language difficult to understand for its addressees non-jurists. Later, the applicability of easy-to-read version to different types of legal texts is considered. Finally, the author proposes a set of practical guidelines on the application of this method in the field of use of the legal language, which are illustrated with examples of foreign experience in thе area.

  • Issue Year: 30/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 261-270
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian