%0 Journal Article %A Lemmens, Koen %T The slow dynamics of legal language: Festina lente? %D 2011 %J Terminology. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication %V 17 %N 1 %P 74-93 %@ 0929-9971 %R https://doi.org/10.1075/term.17.1.05lem %K civil law %K common law %K European legal order %K legal language %K language and prestige %K slow change %K archaic language %K legal terminology %K neologisms in law %I John Benjamins %X In this article, the dynamics of legal language is analyzed from the perspective of a lawyer The focus will therefore be, not on the linguistic mechanisms of change, but on the reasons that can explain why, on the one hand, legal language, and more particularly, legal terminology has a tendency to remain unaltered, and why, on the other hand, legal language does change, albeit in a very slow way %U https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/term.17.1.05lem