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Bc. Karolina Skwarlová

Master's thesis

Passive voice and its meaning in legal English

Passive voice and its meaning in legal English
Abstract:
The focus of the present thesis is the relationship between legal language and society. The first part examines linguistic aspects of this specific variety of English, the second chapter introduces the ‘Plain English Movement’ and points to the arguments of those claiming that the language of the law should be more accessible to the wider public. The aim of the thesis is to consider the suggestion …more
 

Keywords

the passive voice functional sentence perspective the Plain English Movement legislation
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 6. 2008
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/xlmep/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 10. 6. 2008
  • Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.

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