Searching for Meaning in Law, Literature, and Language

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dc.contributor.advisorIsrael, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.authorDeSanctis, Christy Hallamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglish Language and Literatureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-14T06:02:38Z
dc.date.available2006-06-14T06:02:38Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-03en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a preliminary analysis of the potential application of literary theory and cognitive language theory to the law, specifically to the judicial process of statutory interpretation. The process of interpreting statutory text has long been the subject of a polarized debate in the law and has produced competing approaches for carrying out the task of meaning construction. Equally as intriguing as the merits of the debate itself, however, is the staunch reticence among members of the legal community to employ insights from other disciplines that have long grappled with similar debates over ways in which a written text acquires or is assigned meaning. Observations from literary theory and cognitive linguistic theory can be instructive in revealing the legal community's interpretive assumptions and in enriching the vocabulary of the legal debate.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3568
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLanguage, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLawen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLiterature, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledliterary theoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlegal theoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlanguage interpretationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcognitive linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmeaning constructionen_US
dc.titleSearching for Meaning in Law, Literature, and Languageen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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