Power dynamics and legal English

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ID2268860
AuthorsCelina Frade (0000-0003-1113-6977, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume26
Issue1
Pages48-61
Publication date2007-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-971x.2007.00487.x
OpenAlexW2030370644
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

English is tacitly accepted as the world language in various areas of international activities. Likewise, legal English, the language of the common law, is the lingua franca of international commercial and legal transactions by means of contracts. Within the present globalized scenario, there has been a reordering of power dynamics in the relationship of world Englishes parties towards a more symmetrical and cooperative type. This paper critically discusses power dynamics in legal English in world Englishes in the light of new trends in the international petroleum business. Qualitative research was conducted contrasting a former concessionaire contract dated 1934 and modern petroleum contracts dated after the 1950s. The conclusion is that the new texturing resulting from changes in the real world is not integrally reflected in the legal English of petroleum contracts

Dynamics (music · English as a lingua franca · Lingua franca · Linguistics · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · World Englishes · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophy

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