Scholarship

2017 Scholarship

Corpus Linguistics in Legal Interpretation— An Evolving Interpretive Framework

Stephen C. Mouritsen, Corpus Linguistics in Legal Interpretation— An Evolving Interpretive Framework, 6 INT. J. LANG. & LAW 67 (2017).

Triangulating Public Meaning: Corpus Linguistics, Immersion, and the Constitutional Record

Solum, Lawrence B., Triangulating Public Meaning: Corpus Linguistics, Immersion, and the Constitutional Record (April 26, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3019494 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3019494

A Lawyer’s Introduction to Meaning in the Framework of Corpus Linguistics

Ordinary Meaning and Corpus Linguistics

Stefan Th. Gries and Brian G. Slocum, Ordinary Meaning and Corpus Linguistics, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1417 (2018).

Evidence-Based Jurisprudence Meets Legal Linguistics—Unlikely Blends Made in Germany

Hanjo Hamann and Friedemann Vogel, Evidence-Based Jurisprudence Meets Legal Linguistics—Unlikely Blends Made in Germany, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1473 (2018).

Corpus Linguistics and the Criminal Law

Carissa Byrne Hessick, Corpus Linguistics and the Criminal Law, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1503 (2018).

Datamining the Meaning(s) of Progress

Jake Linford, Datamining the Meaning(s) of Progress, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1531 (2018).

The Dictionary as a Specialized Corpus

Jennifer L. Mascott, The Dictionary as a Specialized Corpus, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1557 (2018).

Advancing Law and Corpus Linguistics: Importing Principles and Practices from Survey and Content Analysis Methodologies to Improve Corpus Design and Analysis

Corpus Linguistics as a Tool in Legal Interpretation

Lawrence M. Solan and Tammy Gales, Corpus Linguistics as a Tool in Legal Interpretation, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1311 (2018).

The Power of Words: A Comment on Hamann and Vogel’s Evidence-Based Jurisprudence Meets Legal Linguistics—Unlikely Blends Made in Germany

How Big Data Can Increase Originalism’s Methodological Rigor: Using Corpus Linguistics to Reveal Original Language Conventions