TY - JOUR
T1 - The conceptual metaphors in law : a case analysis of PRC Company Law
AU - Wang, Xiaolu
AU - Tu, Yanjun
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - It is said that metaphor is often than not ignored in forensic language in respect of legislation, judiciary, law enforcement and dissemination, as people think that law is a rigorous discipline and legal language is rigid, and that the use of metaphor can make the law lose its accuracy and authority. Then what is the truth? Based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), this study aims to investigate the conceptual metaphor in the cognitive domain of law. The authors have conducted a text analysis and a follow-up review on Company Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC Company Law for short) and extracted five categories of conceptual metaphor centering on A COMPANY IS A LEGAL PERSON, including its identity, rights, obligations, liabilities and relationship with other companies.
AB - It is said that metaphor is often than not ignored in forensic language in respect of legislation, judiciary, law enforcement and dissemination, as people think that law is a rigorous discipline and legal language is rigid, and that the use of metaphor can make the law lose its accuracy and authority. Then what is the truth? Based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), this study aims to investigate the conceptual metaphor in the cognitive domain of law. The authors have conducted a text analysis and a follow-up review on Company Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC Company Law for short) and extracted five categories of conceptual metaphor centering on A COMPANY IS A LEGAL PERSON, including its identity, rights, obligations, liabilities and relationship with other companies.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:66453
U2 - 10.1515/ijld-2018-2011
DO - 10.1515/ijld-2018-2011
M3 - Article
SN - 2364-8821
VL - 3
SP - 269
EP - 285
JO - International Journal of Legal Discourse
JF - International Journal of Legal Discourse
IS - 2
ER -