META-DISCOURSE MARKERS AS MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING THE CATEGORY OF PERSUASION IN ENGLISH LEGAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

. The purpose of the article is to study and characterize meta-discourse markers as a tool for implementing the category of persuasion in English-language judicial discourse. The authors analyze the problem and justify the relevance of the research. The article highlights and describes the main approaches to the study of meta-discourse in linguistic science, identifies meta-discourse markers in accordance with existing classifications. The main content of the research is the analysis of English-language transcripts of court sessions, in which the most frequently occurring groups of meta-discourse tools are determined on the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The specifics of using certain functional groups of meta-discourse markers are analyzed. The study of legal texts is an important component in the interpretation of legal discourse. It contributes to the expanding the knowledge about the specific features of the language of law.