Intrasentential Phraseological Units in a Corpus of Legal Texts: The Schema [PREP. + SUST. + PREP.]

Authors

  • Dunia Hourani-Martín Università degli Studi di Verona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25145/j.refiull.2023.46.09

Keywords:

legal Phraseology, prepositional constructions, diatopic variation

Abstract

In this paper I present an analysis of prepositional constructions corresponding to the schema [prep. + noun + prep.], which are used in a corpus of Hispanic legal texts to express a specific judicial action. In order to do so, first of all, all the combinations registered in the CRIMO corpus are extracted automatically. Then, they are grouped according to the meaning they refer to and, after a formal analysis following the cohesion tests established by Montoro del Arco (2006: 190-197), their status as intrasentential phraseological units with prepositional or adverbial function is validated. Finally, I compare from a qualitative perspective the similarities and differences among the variants within the same group, highlighting aspects related to their geographical distribution if they are relevant.

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Published

2023-06-05

Issue

No. 46 (2023)

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Articles

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How to Cite

Hourani-Martín, D. (2023). Intrasentential Phraseological Units in a Corpus of Legal Texts: The Schema [PREP. + SUST. + PREP.]. Revista de Filología de la Universidad de La Laguna, 46, 187-206. https://doi.org/10.25145/j.refiull.2023.46.09