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86comunicar, transmitir, opinar 4 ), to the structure of discourse (e.g. organizar,estructurar, ordenar, continuar, concluir 5 ) and even to the purpose of discourse (e.g.presentar, convencer, instruir, demostrar 6 ). They do not necessarily convey specializedmeaning because they are not linked to the specialized field. Rather, they are linked tothe metadiscursive information in that they help experts communicate knowledge.However, Lorente (2000) adds that some of these verbs may be hybrid in nature as theymay also convey meaning related to the methodology followed by the expert (e.g.hipotetizar, analizar, clasificar, deducir 7 ). Apart from these hybrid cases, she arguesthat discursive verbs should not be included in terminological applications. In ourresearch, we will examine whether some discursive verbs can be included interminological resources as they are relevant in the corpus we use. In fact, discursiveverbs seem to be highly relevant in judgments as argumentation is a mandatory task forthe parties in a law suit, for appellants, and for judges. We will return to this matter inChapter 5.Connective verbs are usually copula verbs that attribute qualities and values orexpress equivalence, equality, similarity and dependency relations (e.g. ser, parecer,equivaler, corresponder 8 ). Lorente explains that this kind of verbs do not have aspecialized value but only configure specialized knowledge units. They often occur indefinitions (of concepts) and in metalanguage (when experts use language to talk aboutthe language used), but their meaning is not really different from their commonmeaning or from their meaning in other specialized contexts. Therefore, she believesthat connective verbs should not be included in terminological applications.4 to say, to communicate, to transmit, to give an opinion5 to organize, to structure, to ordain, to continue, to conclude6 to present, to convince, to inform, to demonstrate7 to formulate an hypothesis, to analyze, to classify, to infer8 to be, to seem, to be equivalent of, to correspond to