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Chapter 10. Observing Eurolects

The case of Latvian
  • Gatis Dilāns
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Observing Eurolects
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Abstract

The aim of this corpus-driven study is to examine intra-linguistic comparisons between a language variety used in EU Latvian directives and Latvian legal texts. The findings of the study show that there are lexical items (Europeisms) suggesting a conventionalized type of Eurospeak, but no patterned variation at other linguistic levels. These identified lexical forms showed divergent variability from their counterparts in the national measures of transposition. The reasons for such phenomena were due to highly conventionalized standards of EU translation.

Abstract

The aim of this corpus-driven study is to examine intra-linguistic comparisons between a language variety used in EU Latvian directives and Latvian legal texts. The findings of the study show that there are lexical items (Europeisms) suggesting a conventionalized type of Eurospeak, but no patterned variation at other linguistic levels. These identified lexical forms showed divergent variability from their counterparts in the national measures of transposition. The reasons for such phenomena were due to highly conventionalized standards of EU translation.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Acknowledgements xiii
  5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 2. The Eurolect Observatory Multilingual Corpus 27
  7. Chapter 3. Observing Eurolects 47
  8. Chapter 4. Observing Eurolects 63
  9. Chapter 5. Observing Eurolects 93
  10. Chapter 6. Observing Eurolects 121
  11. Chapter 7. Observing Eurolects 147
  12. Chapter 8. Observing Eurolects 169
  13. Chapter 9. Observing Eurolects 199
  14. Chapter 10. Observing Eurolects 243
  15. Chapter 11. Observing Eurolects 267
  16. Chapter 12. Observing Eurolects 295
  17. Chapter 13. Observing Eurolects 329
  18. Chapter 14. Conclusions 369
  19. Subject index 393
  20. Language index 395
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.86.10dil

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Acknowledgements xiii
  5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 2. The Eurolect Observatory Multilingual Corpus 27
  7. Chapter 3. Observing Eurolects 47
  8. Chapter 4. Observing Eurolects 63
  9. Chapter 5. Observing Eurolects 93
  10. Chapter 6. Observing Eurolects 121
  11. Chapter 7. Observing Eurolects 147
  12. Chapter 8. Observing Eurolects 169
  13. Chapter 9. Observing Eurolects 199
  14. Chapter 10. Observing Eurolects 243
  15. Chapter 11. Observing Eurolects 267
  16. Chapter 12. Observing Eurolects 295
  17. Chapter 13. Observing Eurolects 329
  18. Chapter 14. Conclusions 369
  19. Subject index 393
  20. Language index 395
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