Download This PaperA Curious Criticism of Plain Language
12 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2016
Date Written: June 1, 2016
Abstract
This article addresses criticisms in a previous issue of Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD about three supposed “ideologies” of the worldwide plain-language movement. The criticisms are mainly based on sociolinguistic theory. The article explains why they do not hold up under any fair examination of what advocates actually say and do.
Keywords: Legal Writing, Rhetoric
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Kimble, Joseph, A Curious Criticism of Plain Language (June 1, 2016). Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD, Vol. 13, 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2881592
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