Genre and domain in patent texts

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the variation in language use within the very broad patent domain. We find that language use (represented by syntactic phrases) not only differs from one patent class to the next, but is also a characteristic that sets apart the four sections of a patent (viz. Title, Abstract, Description and Claims). This lends support to the claim that these sections can be viewed as different text genres.

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