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in a foreign language, and to acquire knowledge, usually about a foreign legal system. Second, bilingual law dictionaries with entry words in one language and equivalents in another language provide help to translate legal texts, into or from a foreign language, and sometimes also to produce legal texts, usually in a foreign language.
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xt (a cognitive function) – such law dictionaries are usually monolingual. Bilingual law dictionaries may also serve a variety of functions. First, they may have entry words in one language and definitions in another language – these dictionaries give help to understand legal texts, usually written
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arranges and defines legal words and phrases in groups and by topic. As a result, a student or other person interested in understanding an array of related legal words and phrases may prefer to use a legal terminology textbook instead.
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in 1994, law dictionaries can serve various functions. The traditional law dictionary with definitions of legal terms serves to help users understand the legal texts they read (a communicative function) or to acquire knowledge about
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Unlike a law dictionary, which arranges and defines legal words and phrases individually and in alphabetical order, a
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Sandro Nielsen (2008). "The Effect of Lexicographical Information Costs on Dictionary Making and Use".
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With the advance of technology, the legal dictionary has made its way onto the Internet and
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Drietalige regswoordeboek: Engels-Afrikaans, Latyn-Afrikaans-Engels, Afrikaans-Engels
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therefore must consider the following aspects: dictionary user research, dictionary
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The Bilingual LSP Dictionary: Principles and Practice for Legal Language
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Stephen Gerard Coughlan, John A. Yogis, & Catherine Cotter.
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law dictionary needs to take the users' expected languages and
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Distinctions are made among various types of law dictionaries.
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Woordeboek van regs- en handelsterme: verklarend en vertalend
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Legal dictionary of property in Canada: Common law, civil law
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Murdoch and Hunt's dictionary of Irish law: a sourcebook
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covers a part of a field of law, e.g. a dictionary of
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