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法律语言学导论
Final Examination
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The most widespread system of law in the world is ______.
A、common law
B、civil law
C、religious law
D、both common law and civil law
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Personal pronouns followed by an ordinary modal verb, are much more clear and intelligible than longer impersonal expression.
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The Britons seem to have expressed much of their law in legal sayings or maxims, which were in semi-poetic or rhetorical language, often held together by _______. A、analogy B、alliteration C、parallelism D、metaphor
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How does the lawyers in the United States pronounce the “defendant”? A、de fendant B、defend ant C、defen dant D、defen dant
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The “conversation” between the lawyer and witness is also unusual in that it consists of virtually nothing but questions and answers.
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A related reason for not modernizing archaic legal texts is that specific words and phrases may have received authoritative interpretations over the years.
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The formalized phrases of Law French were regarded as a convenient shorthand for summarizing legal arguments on paper.
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A standard provision that is routinely added to a particularly type of document is called ________. A、boilerplate B、precedent C、abridgment
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One of the main justifications for continued use of antiquated vocabulary is that it is more precise than the modern equivalent.
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The lawyers use _________ to make self-interest to keep legal prose unreadable. A、abridgment B、precedent C、case reports
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The present tense shall include the future, and sometimes the past, and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa.
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When the jury is given some guidance on how to decide the defendant’s fate, it has a serious flaw: its reliance on the technical terms (1) and (2).
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In Anglo-Saxon England, legal language was almost entirely oral; any writing was simply a record or evidence of the spoken event.
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The complexity of sentences is mainly related to the length of sentences.
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The word that comes from “know” is _____. A、bequeath B、witness C、swear D、promise
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There have been dozens of people who have been condemned to die by juries who poorly understand the legal principle that were supposed to guide their decision.
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The (1) would suggest that lawyers employ highly stilted, formal and redundant legal prose to create the impression that drafting legal documents is far more complex than it really is.
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The long sentences and complex sentences have many (1) and (2) phrases.
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Many linguistic theories, such as discourse analysis, have been applied in the field of forensic linguistics.
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Even though many lawyers espouse plain language in theory, they seem reluctant to change their style in practice.
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Before William defeated the English king Harold at the Battle of Hastings, the English-speaking ruling class was largely supplanted by one that spoke ________. A、English B、Norman French C、Latin D、Italian
法律语言学导论
章节列表
Introduction to Legal Language
2
Part 1 The History of Legal Language
5
Part 2 The Nature of Legal Language
14
Part 3 Language in the Courtroom
10
Part 4 Reforming the Language of the Law
9
Final Examination
50