LEGAL LANGUAGE, THE METAPHORICAL TRANSPOSITION OF THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS PARTS
LEGAL LANGUAGE, THE METAPHORICAL TRANSPOSITION OF THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS PARTS
Author(s): Octavian Istrătoaie, Manuela Lavinia IstrătoaieSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: medicine - law; body; head; hand; mouth
Summary/Abstract: The metaphor deserves to be taken seriously in the legal language, even if it is intended to be clear, precise and concise. The study of law presents itself to us primarily as a work of language: apparently precise and practical, it is full of metaphors. We will try to underline in the following pages the metaphorical transposition of the body and its parts in legal language according to medical principles
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 08
- Page Range: 818-823
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian
