Abstract:
There are a number of ways to determine the ordinary meaning of words, amongst others corpus linguistic and frame semantic approaches – which are not discussed in this note. For the purpose of this note we would like to introduce legal scholars and practitioners to prototype theory, which is possibly one of the best cognitive means to interpret meaning in judicial matters.
Carney, Terrence R and Bergh, L, Using Prototype Theory to Determine the Ordinary Meaning of Words (August 26, 2016). Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law, Vol 79, p 486-495, 2016.
First posted 2017-03-01 07:12:03
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