LINGUISTIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LEGAL TERM ASYLUM
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legal terminology, etymology, lexical meaning, thesaurus.Abstract
The article deals with the issue of special terminological nomination and definition in legal discourse. The purpose of the article is to make linguistic reconstruction of the legal term ‘asylum’ to prove its terminological nature.The author analyses the etymology, semantics and thesaurus network of the legal term ‘asylum’ in modern legal English.
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