ALLMAR Research / Research Services

Research field

Linguistics research

Language shapes the meaning of a contract, a rule or a statement. We study language in legal and social contexts with accountable linguistic methods.

Questions we often study

Forensic linguistics

Language analysis in legal matters, such as statements, messages and documents.

Legal language

Clarity of regulations, contracts and decisions.

Sociolinguistics

Language use in society and regional languages.

Discourse analysis

Critical discourse analysis of media, public complaints and policy.

Methods

  • Critical discourse analysis
  • Corpus analysis
  • Interviews and observation
  • Legal document analysis

Deliverables

  • Linguistic study report
  • Written opinion based on language analysis
  • Recommendations to improve the wording of rules or documents

Who it is for

Law firmsGovernment agenciesMedia & NGOsUniversities

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