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5. Pragmatics and legal texts: How best to account for the gaps between literal meaning and communicative meaning

A 2017 De Gruyter book chapter addresses the relationship between literal wording and intended communicative meaning in legal writing. The supplied source metadata lists publisher and content type but provides no further event-like details.

Categories: politics-and-governance

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Global importance
2/10
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5/10
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This chapter is relevant for readers concerned with interpreting legal language and gaps between text and meaning.

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