Codification of Terminology: a Case Study of English Legal Terms

• Published in: Diskurs professionalʹnoj kommunikacii Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 10 - 18
• Main Authors: Anisimova, A. G., Tikhonova, N. Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MGIMO University Press 30.09.2021
• Subjects: codification; content plane; diatopic variation; expression plane; legal term; polysemantic term; professional jargon; synony- mous term; terminological dictionary

The present paper is devoted to the phenomenon of codification and the main inconsistencies between the theoretical requirements for a term and actual terminological units found in terminological dictionaries of law. The paper presents the analysis of terms used in the legal sphere. The objective of...