It is hereby performed-- : explorations in legal speech acts /
This book deals with speech acts, especially performatives, that are regarded as 'operative' in legal discourse. After a detailed exposition of speech act theory in relation to legislative texts, the author discusses the legal document as a communicative act; potential speech acts and dele...
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1986.
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| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
VII:6. |
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Table of Contents:
- IT IS HEREBY PERFORMED... EXPLORATIONS IN LEGAL SPEECH ACTS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE STATUTE AS A SPEECH ACT; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Performatives; 1.3. Felicity Conditions; 1.4. A statute as a speech act; 1.4.1. The statute as a performative; 1.4.2. The felicity conditions of a statute; 1.5. The legislative sentence as a speech act; 1.5.1 Permission (may); 1.5.2. Ordering (shall); 1.5.3. Ambiguity of may and shall; 1.5.4. Prohibition (shall not); 1.6. Other main clause verbs; 2. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT AS A COMMUNICATIVE ACT
- 3. POTENTIAL SPEECH ACTS: THE GRAMMAR OF DELEGATING POWER3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Features of potential speech acts; 3.3. Similar structures; 3.4. Wills and deeds; 4. REVERSIBLE PERFORMATIVES; 5. 'THIS' AND 'THAT' IN LEGAL TEXTS; 6. WHAT DOES A JUDGE DO'? SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS IN COURT JUDGMENTS; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Modality; 6.3. Conditionals; 6.4. Non-factive predicators; 6.5. Conclusion; FOOTNOTES; APPENDIX; REFERENCES