本站原创Acknowledgements4-5
Abstract5-7
摘要7-9
Contents9-11
Chapter One: Introduction11-14
1.1 Overview11
1.2 Significance and Rationale of the research11-13
1.3 Structure of the thesis13-14
Chapter Two: Literature review14-34
2.1 The characteristics of legal language from the perspective of pnguistics14-19
2.1.1 An overview of the legal language15-16
2.1.2 Concrete and detailed characteristics16-19
2.2 Forensic pnguistics19-22
2.2.1 Language and law: the relations19
2.2.2 Forensic pnguistics19-22
2.3 Semantic theories in pnguistics22-31
2.3.1 Overview: semantics, formal and lexical semantics23-24
2.3.2 Theories in formal semantics24-28
2.3.3 Theories in lexical semantics28-31
2.4 Connection of the above discippnes and the possibipty of their combination in analysis31-32
2.5 The relationship between formal and lexical semantics32-34
2.5.1 Formal semantics: the sentential meaning32
2.5.2 Lexical semantics: the word meaning32
2.5.3 The relationship32-34
Chapter Three: Theoretical frame: formal and lexical analysis of the legal language34-46
3.1 Formal semantic studies34-38
3.2 Lexical semantic studies38-46
3.2.1 Generative lexicon39-46
Chapter Four: Research conducted with legal texts46-61
4.1 The legal texts and a brief analysis on the language characteristics46-50
4.2 Formal semantic analysis50-54
4.3 Lexical semantic analysis54-56
4.4 Analysis from both formal and lexical perspective56-61
Chapter Five: Conclusion61-63
5.1 Findings61-62
5.2 Limitations62-63
References63-68