Fishy business

• Autores: Mark Sainsbury
• Localización: Analysis, ISSN-e 1467-8284, Vol. 74, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 3-5
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There are problems both with the supposition that ‘fish’ was once used with a meaning that includes whales, and with the supposition that it has always been used with a meaning that excludes them. The problems are illustrated by a trial in 1818 in which the jury ruled that whales are fish.