法律英语中的雅式结构及其谋篇功能

The Discourse Functions of Attic Structures in Legal English

法律英语语篇中存在大量雅式结构。雅式句中的名词化结构是实现语法隐喻最强有力的方式,其语义复合体特性决定了它在语篇构建中具有多种功能。雅式表达可使法律语篇连贯通顺、正式客观、精确严谨、简洁凝炼,对法律英语的语篇构建具有重要意义。

Attic structures can be easily found in legal discourse.With its distinctive double semantic features,nominalization in Attic structures,the single most powerful source for creating grammatical metaphor,boasts of various discourse functions.Attic structures can bring coherence,formality,objectivity,accuracy,and conciseness to legal discourses;therefore,it if of great significance to use Attic structures in the construction of legal discourses.