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Chapter 13. Observing Eurolects

The case of Spanish
  • Lorenzo Blini
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Observing Eurolects
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Abstract

This chapter aims to establish whether or not the legislative Spanish used in the European Union can be considered a different linguistic variety compared to the legislative variety used in national transposition measures. The study was carried out by performing a comparative analysis of a corpus of EU directives and the corresponding Spanish implementing measures. A quantitative approach was used along with qualitative observations in order to highlight characteristic features at several linguistic levels (lexical, morphological, morphosyntactic, syntactic, and textual). The results enable us to identify a Spanish Eurolect as a distinct linguistic variety, which tends to make use of a less marked register and more standardised patterns and contains fewer typical features of legal discourse.

Abstract

This chapter aims to establish whether or not the legislative Spanish used in the European Union can be considered a different linguistic variety compared to the legislative variety used in national transposition measures. The study was carried out by performing a comparative analysis of a corpus of EU directives and the corresponding Spanish implementing measures. A quantitative approach was used along with qualitative observations in order to highlight characteristic features at several linguistic levels (lexical, morphological, morphosyntactic, syntactic, and textual). The results enable us to identify a Spanish Eurolect as a distinct linguistic variety, which tends to make use of a less marked register and more standardised patterns and contains fewer typical features of legal discourse.

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.86.13bli

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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