FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

The article examines the use of passive voice and passive structures in the legal context, and particularly its use in the English and Armenian versions of the RA Family Code. Based on qualitative and quantitative, as well as case study methodology, the purposeful use of passive structures, their tendency to ensure maximum accuracy, as well as their functional-communicative features and the functions performed by them in legal speech are revealed in the study. The research also states that the frequency of applicability of the passive voice is due to the emphasis on the role of the action and not on the doer in both English and Armenian versions of the mentioned document belonging to legal discourse.

Paragraphs have important roles in expressing our ideas and helping readers understand what we are trying to say. The analysis of paragraph patterns based on “Great Gatsby” by F. S․ Fitzgerald and its Armenian translation demonstrated that in creative writing the division of paragraphs is rather structural than individual. The research showed that a paragraph stands on its own or is a part of a log piece. It should also focus on a central theme, idea or subject. Paragraphing is an important convention of both written English and Armenian. The page where there are no paragraph breaks seems indigestible and incomprehensible. Paragraphs help readers keep their place in the story and give the eyes a rest. If a paragraph is coherent, each sentence flows smoothly into the next one without obvious shifts or jumps. A coherent paragraph also highlights the ties between old and new information to make the structure of ideas or arguments clear to the reader.