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The Development of an ESP law Dictionary for the US Constitutional Cases: An Approach Based on Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12480056
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教科教育
Research InstitutionTakachiho University (2001-2002)
Rikkyo University (2000)

Principal Investigator

TERAUCHI Hajime (2001-2002)  Takachiho University, Department of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養部, 助教授 (50307146)

鳥飼 慎一郎 (2000)  立教大学, 法学部, 教授 (90180207)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SASAJIMA Shigeru  Saitama Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 講師 (80301464)
NOGUCHI Judy  Mukogawa Women's University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Professor, 薬学部, 教授 (30351787)
OHZEKI Yasuhiro  Takachiho University, Department of Liberal Arts, Professor, 教授 (50119442)
寺内 一  高千穂商科大学, 商学部, 助教授 (50307146)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
KeywordsESP / US Constitutional Cases / dictionary / Corpus Linguistics / English Language Teaching / collocation / Common Law / On-line dictionary / データベース / 大学英語教育 / 合衆国憲法判例 / 応用言語学 / ESP辞書 / 未知語 / 既知語 / 語彙リスト / word form / lemma
Research Abstract

This project aimed to produce a legal corpus for US Constitutional Cases based on 14,531 US Constitutional Cases. The purpose of this corpus was to provide the groundwork for the development of an ESP law dictionary for US Constitutional cases based on Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics. In the four years since 2000, this project has focused the following five points: 1) After investigating the frequency of typical legal words and phrases used in US Constitutional cases, certain legal terms on US Constitutional cases were selected; 2) From this select group of legal terms, general words used in a legal sense (semi-technical words) were analyzed using the computer to look at the following categories: meanings, grammatical features, collocational patterns and frequently occurring specific discoursal features; 3) The rate of the occurrence of technical legal words was determined by the collocational patterns; 4) A parallel corpus (English and Japanese) for US Constitutional cases … More was created; 5) The groundwork was laid for the development of an ESP dictionary for US Constitutional cases with a number of examples of the use of legal terms based on the above research: meanings, grammatical patterns and frequency patterns. With the official approval of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in April 2003 this project became a new project entitled "The Development of a Legal Encyclopedia based on the US Constitutional Cases Application to ESP Education in Japan (Project Number: 15320072)". In particular, this new project will focus on 5) above, the development of an ESP dictionary, which will be realised in 2006.
This research had been guided theoretically by the academic fields of both Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics, a considerable innovation when compared with previously published Common Law Dictionaries in both English and Japanese. Although previously published law dictionaries explain the definitions of legal technical words and their historical backgrounds, they never indicate how the legal words should be used in context. Furthermore, none of those dictionaries give an explanation about how in certain contexts general words are used in the legal sense which most frequently appears in legal documents. According to prior research conducted between 1998 and 2000, "The Development of ESP Materials and Methods through the Computer Based Analysis (Project Number: 09878047)", law students face much difficulty in reading cases because they cannot understand the use of semi-technical legal words. It is much easier for students to master the meanings of legal technical words than these semi-technical legal words. Through an investigation into the difference in use between legal words in a general context as contrasted with a legal context, this research indicates typically used patterns in US constitutional cases of general words in a legal sense as well as explaining in both English and Japanese the use of technical legal words and phrases. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

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All Publications (18 results)

  • [Publications] 寺内 一, 鳥飼慎一郎: "The Development of an ESP Reference for US Constitutional Cases : An Approach Based on Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics"Takachiho Ronso. 37・1. 25-40 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 寺内 一: "The Development of an ESP Dictionary for US Constitutional Cases : An Approach Based on Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics"Annual Report of JACET-SIG on ESP (Headquarters). 4. 47-52 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 寺内 一: "総合英語:日常の中の法律"三修社. (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 寺内 一: "Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts of Legislation : An International Perspective"Peter Lang. (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Terauchi, H., Torikai, S.: "The Development of an ESP Reference for the US constitutional Cases: An Approach Based on Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics."Takachiho Ronso. Vol.37,No.1. 25-40 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Terauchi, H.: "The Development of an ESP dictionary for the US Constitutional Cases: An Approach Based on Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics."Annual Report of JACET-SIG on ESP (Headquarters). Vol.4. 47-52 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Terauchi, H.: "Historical Development of Law in Japan"Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts of Legislation: An International Perspective. Germany: Peter Lang. (Bhatia, V.K., Candlin, C.N., Engberg.J., and Trosberg, A.(eds.)). (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Terauchi, H.(ed.): "Familiarize Yourself with Legal Issues"Tokyo: Sanshusha. (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 寺内 一, 野口ジュディー: "ESPとプロフェッショナル・ディスコース・コミュニティー"大学等の専門英語教育の実態調査を背景とした実践的ESP指導法の開発. 1. (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 寺内 一: "その他のESP研究の動向とまとめ"大学等の専門英語教育の実態調査を背景とした実践的ESP指導法の開発(資料編). 85-87 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] TERAUCHI, Hajime: "Historical Development of Law in Japan"Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts of Legislation : An International Perspective. (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 寺内 一, 舟木てるみ他: "総合:日常の中の法律"三修社. 88 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 寺内 一, 鳥飼慎一郎: "The Development of an ESP Reference for US Constitutional Cases : An Approach Based on Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics"高千穂論叢. 37巻・1号. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Terauchi,H.: "A Historical Perspective on ESP"Bi-Annual Report of JACET-SIG on ESP 1999 Review (1998,October-2000,March). 16-18 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Terauchi,H.: "Current Perspectives on English for Specific Purposes in Japan"高千穂論叢. 35・1. 58-72 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 寺内一: "「法律英語分析パターンの検証(I)-序章:法律英語の特徴と用例(資料研究)-」"高千穂論叢. 35・4. 188-224 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Terauchi,H.: "「ESPの定義」"Annual Report of JACET-SIG on ESP. 3. 70-78 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] (編集)深山晶子,(総監修)野口ジュディー,(監修)寺内一,笹島茂,神前陽子: "ESPの理論と実践:21世紀の英語教育はこれだ"三修社. 194 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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