VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECT

The article presents the results of a study devoted to the analysis of the morphological features of the texts of international conventions operating within the English legal discourse. Close attention is paid to the characteristics of the main language means by which the aspect of performativity...

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Main Authors: Milana E. Mosesova, Tatyana A. Shiryaeva
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Language:English
Published: Volgograd State University 2020-12-01
Series:Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
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Online Access:https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/652-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2020-vol-19-no-5/intercultural-communication-and-comparative-studies-of-languages/2121-mosesova-m-e-shiryaeva-t-a-verbalization-of-performative-units-in-english-texts-of-international-conventions-morphological-aspect
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description The article presents the results of a study devoted to the analysis of the morphological features of the texts of international conventions operating within the English legal discourse. Close attention is paid to the characteristics of the main language means by which the aspect of performativity is actualized in legal context. The texts of international conventions relating to various special areas of the life of society comprise the material of the study. The analysis of empirical material has enabled the authors to identify the most frequent models of performative units in the texts of international conventions: 1) constructions with modal verbs; 2) constructions with infinitives; 3) adjectives / adverbs; 4) pronouns / prepositions (with semantics of default). The designated performative models are functionally aimed at the actualization of prohibition and prescription of certain actions. In addition, the authors describe the parts of speech classification of key linguistic units verbalizing the meaning of performativity in the analyzed legal documents. The database of performative units developed in the course of the study is of great importance. It contains 250 items, its fragment is presented in the article. The study can become the basis for further analysis of performative units in the context of their structural-semantic, lexical, grammatical features, as well as in lexicographical practice in compiling a bilingual legal dictionary, which includes, along with the actual legal terms, the professional vocabulary commonly used by communicants in legal sphere.
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spelling doaj.art-6c616dc09d6e423fa38d04d55812e33e2023-06-28T16:22:43ZengVolgograd State UniversityVestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie1998-99112409-19792020-12-0119511012110.15688/jvolsu2.2020.5.10VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTMilana E. Mosesova0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7441-7034Tatyana A. Shiryaeva1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5508-8407Pyatigorsk State University, Pyatigorsk, RussiaPyatigorsk State University, Pyatigorsk, RussiaThe article presents the results of a study devoted to the analysis of the morphological features of the texts of international conventions operating within the English legal discourse. Close attention is paid to the characteristics of the main language means by which the aspect of performativity is actualized in legal context. The texts of international conventions relating to various special areas of the life of society comprise the material of the study. The analysis of empirical material has enabled the authors to identify the most frequent models of performative units in the texts of international conventions: 1) constructions with modal verbs; 2) constructions with infinitives; 3) adjectives / adverbs; 4) pronouns / prepositions (with semantics of default). The designated performative models are functionally aimed at the actualization of prohibition and prescription of certain actions. In addition, the authors describe the parts of speech classification of key linguistic units verbalizing the meaning of performativity in the analyzed legal documents. The database of performative units developed in the course of the study is of great importance. It contains 250 items, its fragment is presented in the article. The study can become the basis for further analysis of performative units in the context of their structural-semantic, lexical, grammatical features, as well as in lexicographical practice in compiling a bilingual legal dictionary, which includes, along with the actual legal terms, the professional vocabulary commonly used by communicants in legal sphere.https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/652-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2020-vol-19-no-5/intercultural-communication-and-comparative-studies-of-languages/2121-mosesova-m-e-shiryaeva-t-a-verbalization-of-performative-units-in-english-texts-of-international-conventions-morphological-aspectperformative unitsmorphological characteristicsdata baseinternational conventionlawlegal discourseenglish language
spellingShingle Milana E. Mosesova
Tatyana A. Shiryaeva
VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECT
Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
performative units
morphological characteristics
data base
international convention
law
legal discourse
english language
title VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECT
title_full VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECT
title_fullStr VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECT
title_full_unstemmed VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECT
title_short VERBALIZATION OF PERFORMATIVE UNITS IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECT
title_sort verbalization of performative units in english texts of international conventions morphological aspect
topic performative units
morphological characteristics
data base
international convention
law
legal discourse
english language
url https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/652-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2020-vol-19-no-5/intercultural-communication-and-comparative-studies-of-languages/2121-mosesova-m-e-shiryaeva-t-a-verbalization-of-performative-units-in-english-texts-of-international-conventions-morphological-aspect
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