LEKSYKA TEKSTÓW AKTÓW PRAWNYCH
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2006
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Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM
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LEXIS OF LEGAL ACTS
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The paper is an attempt to find the place o f the lexis o f legal acts in the varieties of the Polish
language lexis, and to verify the thesis claimed by lawyers that the vocabulary used in legal texts is
colloquial. The study was carried out using linguistic research methods and lexicographic dictionaries
of Polish language. The main conclusions that could be drawn were that the texts of legal
acts are official, and the language used in them is not colloquial. The analysis of the legal texts has
shown that the legal vocabulary consists of two layers: (i) one basic lexis, common to all Polish
(neutral, standard) and (2) specific lexis, differentiating it from others, composed of: (a) legal
words, as referred to in dictionaries o f Polish language, (b) legal words as defined in legal texts, legal
science or jurisdiction, and as such part of the general legal vocabulary, and (c) vocabulary of
the official variety of Polish language (reserved for books, official documents, professional and scientific
texts). The language of legal texts is not a colloquial form which in itself is a variety of Polish
language, but unofficial, met only in oral discourse. The language of legal texts is beyond any doubt
only written, and the words and expressions contained in legal texts sre not described in dictionaries
of Polish language as colloquial
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Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 68, 2006, z. 4, s. 19-30.