On Defining mahogany

Malone, Kemp

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“…24 In common with many of his colleagues in mid twentieth-century lexicography, Malone took everyday usage as the best guide to meaning. 25 Malone acted as an expert witness in trademark cases over the course of more than four decades, including some of the most significant cases of 'genericism' in the US, notably 'cellophane', 26 'cola', 27 'thermos', 28 and 'fritos'. 29 Although surveys and opinion polls had become important resources for trademark litigation, 30 they were often corroborated -or contested -by the testimony of experts such as Malone.…”

Section: From a Century Of Trade Marks (1976) Crown Copyrightmentioning

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Lexical properties: Trademarks, dictionaries, and the sense of the generic

Bellido

Pottage

2018

Hist Sci

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The third edition of Webster's International Dictionary, first published in 1961, represented a novel approach to lexicography. It recorded the English language used in everyday life, incorporating colloquial terms that previous grammarians would have considered unfit for any responsible dictionary. Many were scandalized by the new lexicography. Trademark lawyers were not the most prominent of these critics, but the concerns they expressed are significant because they touched on the core structure of the trademark as a form of property in language. In the course of eavesdropping on everyday usage, Merriam-Webster's lexicographers picked up on the use of trademarks as common nouns: "thermos" as a generic noun for any vacuum flask, "cellophane" as a term for transparent wrapping, and so on. If Webster's Third were to be taken as sound evidence of the meaning of words, then the danger was that some of the most familiar marks in the USA would be judged "generic" in the legal sense, and would thereby cease to be proprietary. In this article, we explore the implications of this encounter between law and lexicographic technique.

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Section: From a Century Of Trade Marks (1976) Crown Copyrightmentioning

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Lexical properties: Trademarks, dictionaries, and the sense of the generic

Bellido

Pottage

2018

Hist Sci

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“…Met behulp van die resultate hierdeur verkry, kon hy 'n definisie van suurlemoen opstel wat nie die wetenskaplike nie, maar die gewone gebruik weerspieel (sien Wiegand 1984: 25-28). Reeds Malone (1940) het al met behulp van sitate bewys hoe die twee gebruiksaspekte van 'n woord soos mahogany kan verskil.…”

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Implikasies vir die leksikografie van die klassifikasie van plante en diere in die volkstaksonomie

Plessis¹

2013

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with the folk taxonomic system through the use of relational semantic models: the basis for the fonner is chiefly meronymy, while that for the latter is mainly modification. Corresponding to these systems two kinds of dictionaries can be distingwshed: the encyclopedic dictionary and the standard dictionary which are based on extensional and stereotypical concepts respectively. In a scientifically based culture the scientific taxonomical concepts influence the folk taxonomical concepts of plants and animals. This fact should be taken into account in definitions in a comprehensive explanatory dictionary which is based on prototypical concepts and takes a position between the encyclopedic dictionary and the standard dictionary. Keywords: LEXICOGRAPHY, SCIENTIFIC TAXONOMY, FOLK TAXONOMY, SEMANTIC RELATIONS, MERONYMY, MODIFICATION, COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATORY DICTIO-NARY, ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY, STANDARD DICTIONARYOpsomming: In hierdie opstel word die wetenskaplike taksonomiese stelsel met die volkstaksonomiese steIseI gekontrasteer deur die gebruik van relasionele semantiese modelle: die basis vir eersgenoemde is hoofsaaklik meronimie, terwyl die vir laasgenoemde veral modifikasie is. Ooreenstemmend met hierdie steIsels kan twee soorte woordeboeke onderskei word: die ensiklopediese woordehoek en die standaardwoordeboek wat gebaseer is op ekstensionele en stereotipiese konsepte onderskeidelik. In 'n wetenskaplik gebaseerde kultuur beiiwloed die wetenskaplike taicsonomiese konsepte die volkswe~enskaplike konsepte van plante en diere. Hierdie feit behoort In aanmerking geneem te word by definisies in 'n omvattende verklarende woordeboek wat op Prototipiese konsepte gebaseer is en 'n plek tussen die ensikiopediese woordeboek en die standaardwoordeboek inneem.

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“…That is to say, if we want to know what a word means, we must find out by studying concrete cases in which the word is actually used by speakers and writers." 401 The Iqbal Court stated that "[d]etermining whether a complaint states a plausible claim for relief will . .…”

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While Effusive, “Conclusory” Is Still Quite Elusive: The Story of a Word, Iqbal, and a Perplexing Lexical Inquiry of Supreme Importance

Kochan¹

2011

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On Defining mahogany

Cited by 7 publications

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Lexical properties: Trademarks, dictionaries, and the sense of the generic

Lexical properties: Trademarks, dictionaries, and the sense of the generic

Implikasies vir die leksikografie van die klassifikasie van plante en diere in die volkstaksonomie

While Effusive, “Conclusory” Is Still Quite Elusive: The Story of a Word, Iqbal, and a Perplexing Lexical Inquiry of Supreme Importance

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