LINGUISTIC AND LINGUOPRAGMATIC FEATURES OF TEACHING LEGAL WRITING IN ENGLISH
The growing internationalization of legal education has increased the importance of legal writing competence among future lawyers. This article examines the linguistic and linguopragmatic features of English legal writing and their implications for Legal English instruction. Particular attention is given to legal terminology, syntactic complexity, speech acts, modal verbs, and ambiguity avoidance. The study concludes that effective legal writing instruction should integrate linguistic competence, pragmatic awareness, and professional legal reasoning.
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