Pragmatische, syntaktische und prosodische Merkmale von Animationsfilmen als Mittel zur Popularisierung juristischen Wissens für Kinder und Jugendliche

The dissemination of legal knowledge among children and adolescents represents a particular form of popularization, which requires specific strategies of recontextualization. The present paper investigates linguistic features of such form of popularizing discourse based on the analysis of an animated explainer video about new EU rules on the matter of marine protection. While exploring some aspects of multimodal communication and thematic unfolding, the analysis focuses on the oral transmission of legal contents and points out pragmatic, syntactic and prosodic features that make the communication suitable for a young target audience.