Discrete units as markers of English/Polish contrasts in company registration discourse
Edyta Więcławska
Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Instytut Neofilologii, Katedra Filologii AngielskiejAbstract
Artykuł dotyczy złożoności komunikacji prawniczej w kontekście różnic pomiędzy językiem angielskim i polskim. Analiza należy do nurtu badań kontrastywnych polegających na badaniu ilościowego rozkładu jednostek dyskretnych. Przedstawiony rozkład wybranych jednostek dyskretnych w tekstach dotyczących rejestracji spółek prawa handlowego wykazuje systemowe różnice. Analiza potwierdza istnienie powtarzalnych, symetrycznych i asymetrycznych schematów, które wynikają różnic pomiędzy językami i/lub działania uniwersaliów tłumaczeniowych. Mocną stroną tego badania jest fakt, że zostało przeprowadzone ma tekstach prawniczych, które – z przyczyn praktycznych – rzadziej są przedmiotem analiz. Badanie zostało przeprowadzone na autorskim, paralelnym korpusie, składającym się z autentycznych materiałów.Keywords:
legal language, discrete units, interlinguistic contrasts, legal genreReferences
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