The Functional Value of Attributive Phrases in Legislative Texts in English

Authors

  • ANNA HAKOBYAN Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:B/2017.8.3.043

Keywords:

attributive phrases, legislative texts, syntactic regularities, the wide use of “noun of noun” phrases, functional value

Abstract

In this article an attempt is made to reveal the main factors which condition the wide use of “noun + of + noun” phrases, and the almost lack of the other two types of attributive phrases typical of English, namely, “noun + noun” and “noun genitive + noun’’ in legislative texts. It is argued that the above mentioned is partly accounted for by the requirements of the grammatical norms of English but mainly by the tendency to emphasize the meaning of the utterance and avoid ambiguity.

Published

2021-07-19

How to Cite

HAKOBYAN, A. . (2021). The Functional Value of Attributive Phrases in Legislative Texts in English. Bulletin of Yerevan University B: Philology, 8(3(24). https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:B/2017.8.3.043

Issue

Section

Articles