under this Memorandum ...
... at any time during the course of the Memorandum .we find adverbs that join words at times and otherwise:
... otherwise agreed by the Participants ...
... at times mutually established by the Participants ... analyzed this memorandum it becomes evident that it comprises all the typical features of the official style, namely diplomatic document. The special structure of this Memorandum of Cooperation proves that it is q type of the treaty. The Memorandum has the preamble, the text consisting of the articles and the final clause including the place and date of signature.
2.2 Stylistic analysis of NATO Treaty
diplomatic document memorandum treaty
The diplomatic document under stylistic analysis titled NATO Treaty is taken from the United Nations Treaty Series. The Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C. in 4 April 1949. (see Appendix 2) find the Treaty with a preamble and 14 articles. The preamble states the purpose of the treaty: to promote the common values ??of its members and to unite the efforts for collective defense. Article 1 calls for peaceful resolution of disputes. Article 2 pledges the parties to economic and political cooperation. Article 3 calls for development of the capacity for defense. Article 4 provides for joint consultations when a member is threatened. Article 5 promises the use of members armed forces for collective self-defense. Article 6 defines the areas covered by the Treaty. Article 7 affirms the precedence of members obligations under the United Nations Charter. Article 8 is about the safeguards against conflict with any other treaties of the signatories. From Article 9 to 14, the Treaty considers the administrative procedures of the operation of the organization, opening to other countries for admission.the lexical point of view, as it is a military alliance, there are set expressions which are typical for military diplomatic documents. We find the following set expressions: territorial integrity, political independence or security, collective self-defense, occupation forces, the primary responsibility, defense committee, instrument of accession, constitutional processes, instruments of ratification, regional arrangements, notice of denunciation, armed attack , to safeguard the freedom:
... area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties ...
... political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.
The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity ...
... in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized ...
Any such armed attack and all measures taken ...
They are determined to safeguard the freedom ... and etc.we find the following diplomatic set expressions: international dispute, international relations, international engagements, subsidiary bodies, unanimous agreement, come into effect, equally authentic, economic collaboration, council, enter into force, international economic policies:
... to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved ...
... and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force ...
... have been deposited and shall come into effect with respect to other States ...
... economic policies and will encourage economic collaboration between any or all of them.
The Parties may, by unanimous agreement ...
The Treaty shall enter into force between the States ... following archaisms are used: forthwith, hereby, thereof, and thereafter.
... will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith ...
The Parties hereby establish a Council ...
After the Treaty has been in force for ten years, or at any time thereafter ...
Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall ... in the opening of the Treaty, in the preamble, we can see a lot of humane wordings like: peace and security, stability and well-being, civilization, freedom, liberty and the rules of law.the syntactical point of view, except for the Preamble with all 5 simple present tense verb uses, there are 15 uses of shall, 18 of will, 6 of simple present, 2 of may and 2 of present perfect in the Treaty.Preamble just describes the purposes of the Organization and present verb tenses seem suitable. The message we obtain from meanings of the verbs used is that the countries involve in the Treaty are ac...
