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In tradition and change in legal english christopher williams attempts a very ambitious taskofassessingtheenglishlegallanguageingeneralalongwiththechangeswhichareinvited or adopted within the english legal genre worldwide as well as providing a thorough description of verbal constructions used in prescriptive legal texts. Williams christopher tradition and change in legal english verbal constructions in prescriptive texts second printing bern berlin bruxelles frankfurt am main new york oxford wien 2005 2007 216 pp num tables linguistic insights studies in language and communication. Christopher williams tradition and change in legal english verbal constructions in prescriptive texts bern et al peter lang 2005 216 pp pb linguistic insights studies in language and communication series vol 20. Christopher williams tradition and change in legal english verbal constructions in prescriptive texts embarrassment of linguists the author notes coulmas presents current topics well moreover his writing is clear and engaging making the book a valuable resource for an introductory sociolinguistics class received 30 january 2006