Wording, structure, and design of plain language policies in legislative drafting across common law jurisdictions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22426574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jinxuan Hu (0009-0005-7768-7212) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2026-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1568-4555 • E-ISSN: 1573-1863 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10993-026-09793-7 |
| OpenAlex | W7169564700 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Applied linguistics · CLARITY · Common law · Formality · Legislation · Legislature · Philosophy of law · Plain language · Statutory law · Artificial Intelligence in Law · Legal Language and Interpretation · Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
Reconceptualising Power in Language Policy
Reading Images
Introduction to Text Linguistics
Translating Law
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Syntactic complexity in legal translated texts and the use of plain English
Barney G. Glaser/Anselm L. Strauss
Choosing is losing
Language policy from textuality to (re)entextualization
Hong Kong bilingual legislation and plain language drafting
Plain English in Legal Language
Computational Grounded Theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |