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Peer reviewedChaim, Robert A. – Journal of Legal Education, 1983
A model is proposed for analysis of the patterns of language usage among lawyers. The model accommodates any sample of legal language from any type of legal document and can be applied to lexical and syntactic elements as well as whole documents. One example of legal language is illustrated. (MSE)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English for Special Purposes, Higher Education, Language Patterns
