법령의 일상성 확보를 위한 문장 정비 유형 연구

• 영문명: A Linguistic Approach to Refining Legal Sentences for Plain Language
• 발행기관: 한국언어문학회
• 저자명: 이현희(Hyun-hee Lee)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국언어문학』第130輯, 59~99쪽, 전체 41쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 한국어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.07.31

국문 초록

This study aims to identify and analyze problematic legal provisions from a linguistic perspective, drawing on recent legislative language reform initiatives undertaken in Korea. It provides linguistic rationales for revision and proposes concrete strategies to improve the structure and clarity of legal sentences. Legal texts function as the minimal shared standards that underpin social order, and from the standpoint of public language, they should be written in linguistically accurate and contextually appropriate Korean. To address this issue, the study classifies problematic legal provisions into four categories: grammaticality, conciseness, logicality, and everydayness. Based on this framework, the paper proposes targeted revision strategies, including correcting syntactic structures, adjusting grammatical particles to clarify argument-predicate relationships, and eliminating redundant or ambiguous expressions to improve readability. It also highlights the importance of restructuring sentence components to enhance logical flow and replacing overly formal or technical language with expressions more familiar to everyday Korean speakers. Notably, a single legal provision may exhibit multiple types of problems, thereby requiring multi-dimensional revisions. Although the practical impact of linguistic revisions may appear limited relative to the effort involved—and may not always align neatly with legal considerations—this study underscores the essential role of linguistic clarity in promoting legal transparency and inclusiveness. Despite the challenges of integrating such revisions into the formal legislative process, legal texts, as prototypical examples of public and formal written language, offer significant value as research material in linguistic inquiry. This study ultimately highlights the need for interdisciplinary approaches that bridge linguistics and law to enhance the accessibility and functionality of legal language.

목차

1. 들어가기

2. 법제 기준과 법령 문장 정비의 필요성

3. 법령 문장 정비의 유형과 실제

4. 남은 문제

참고문헌

키워드

법문 문법성 문장 성분의 이동 잉여성 간결성 관습적 표현 삭제 일상성 legal provisions plainness legal sentence refinement syntactic rearrantement conventional expressions conciseness elimination substitution addition redundancy grammaticality