An emerging variety in the European Union: Some issues around the complexity of the Euro-English
An emerging variety in the European Union: Some issues around the complexity of the Euro-English
Author(s): Dagmar Sageder
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Euro-English; Euro-terms; legal English; concept of the EU; variety;
Summary/Abstract: In the European Union, which represents linguistically diverse institution sui generis, texts are produced in a supranational multicultural discourse community describing specifi c aspects and concepts of European law or of national legal systems. The efforts of unifying and harmonising national laws with the aim of developing a European system of law have resulted in a number of new concepts that in turn caused proliferation of numerous new terms – the Euro-terms. They represent a basis for shaping a kind of supranational language: legal Euro-English. Nevertheless, can we talk about a new emerging variety? What are the features and characteristics of it compared to legal language in general?
Book: Communication across genres and discourses sixth Brno conference on linguistics studies in English
- Page Range: 163-170
- Page Count: 8
- Publication Year: 2015
- Language: English
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