• Original research article
  • October 10, 2022
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Conceptual Meaning of Legal Notions in the German-Language Legal Discourse

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify the conceptual meaning of legal notions that are compound words according to their structure and contain the lexeme “Gestaltung-” / “-gestaltung” as the first or second component based on a conceptual analysis of the texts of laws and bylaws belonging to various branches of German law. Scientific novelty of the study lies in describing the conceptual meaning of legal terms within the framework of the linguocognitive approach. As a result of the analysis, the conceptual meanings of legal terms containing the lexeme “Gestaltung-” / “-gestaltung” have been identified, namely, the understanding of the latter as 1) law-changing tools; 2) form-defining tools; 3) elements defining form and content.

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Author information

Ekaterina Vladimirovna Savankova

PhD

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Zimina

PhD

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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Publication history

  • Received: August 11, 2022.
  • Published: October 10, 2022.

Keywords

  • юридическое понятие
  • концептуальное значение
  • композиты
  • номинальный стиль
  • юридический дискурс
  • legal notion
  • conceptual meaning
  • compound words
  • nominal style
  • legal discourse

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