Legal Language and the Sea

While maritime law and law of the sea are highly-researched domains of law, there are few studies about the language associated with these fields. In a global society that is increasingly impacted by environmental, health, social, humanitarian, and political crises that partly unfold on the sea, this volume unites legal scholars and linguists who work on the language of these fields. The book includes chapters that focus on macro levels of linguistic analyses (e.g., discourse and genre analysis) and micro levels (e.g., terminology) as well as translation. Several languages for maritime legal purposes are studied, including English, French, and Chinese.

About the author

Mary C. Lavissière and Audrey Cartron, Nantes Université, France; Laurent Gautier, Université de Bourgogne, France.

Summary

While maritime law and law of the sea are highly-researched domains of law, there are few studies about the language associated with these fields. In a global society that is increasingly impacted by environmental, health, social, humanitarian, and political crises that partly unfold on the sea, this volume unites legal scholars and linguists who work on the language of these fields. The book includes chapters that focus on macro levels of linguistic analyses (e.g., discourse and genre analysis) and micro levels (e.g., terminology) as well as translation. Several languages for maritime legal purposes are studied, including English, French, and Chinese.

Product details

• Assisted by: Audrey Cartron (Editor), Laurent Gautier (Editor), Mary C. Lavissière (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2025
• EAN: 9783111332437
• ISBN: 978-3-11-133243-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Illustrations: 3 b/w and 1 col. ill., 17 b/w tbl.
• Series: Foundations in Language and Law [FLL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Seerecht, Terminologie, Übersetzung, Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften, Translation, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Diskursanalyse, Fachsprache, Internationales Öffentliches Recht: Seerecht, Terminology, Law of the Sea, SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SCI000000 SCIENCE / General, maritime law, Language for Specific Purposes