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Peer reviewedBowles, Hugo – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Demonstrates that the comprehension of law report discourse in newspapers in England is particularly difficult for the non-expert reader. Comparative discourse analysis of the way a particular case is reported in various newspapers shows that the discourse structure of the newspaper law report is not adequately signalled by the linguistic…
Descriptors: Charts, Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis
