Corpus Linguistics Tools Can't Give You Every Answer

corpus linguistics tools can't give us every answer to every linguistic question. It is a tool in the toolbox. It will allow you to consider broader semantic context than just a single word. It'll allow you meaning level of frequency with respect to the usage of a given phrase. So if what you're trying to understand is how was this phrase used at the time when this statute was enacted or when a constitutional provision was ratified, it won't resolve a number of interpretive questions that are going to be driven more by your interpretive theory. And let me just highlight one and then explain why I think its appropriate.