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Slurs and Expressivity : Semantics and Beyond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orlando, Eleonora.
- Series:
- Philosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Invective.
- Semantics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- This book provides analysis of the expressive aspects of slur-words and their impact in practices of linguistic communication usually related to the discrimination or segregation of certain human groups.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Slurs and Expressivity
- Series
- Slurs and Expressivity: Semantics and Beyond
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Dualism and Monism in the Study of Slurs and Beyond
- 2. A Brief Summary of the Book
- Notes
- Bibliographical References
- Chapter 2
- On the Locus of Expressivity
- 2. Implementation: Expressivity as a PF Property
- 3. The Argument from Ellipsis
- 4. Slurs
- 5. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 3
- The Discursive Dimension of Slurs
- 2. The Theoretical Framework
- 3. A Semantic-Pragmatic Proposal
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 4
- A Bidimensional Account of Slurs
- 2. Slurs and Scoping Out
- 3. A Use-Conditional Semantics for Slurs
- 4. Slurs and Scoping Out in Rioplatense Spanish
- 5. The Semantics of Embedded Questions
- 6. De Se u-Propositional Content
- 7. Conclusion
- Chapter 5
- Expressives and the Theory of Bias
- 1. An Outline of TB
- 2. Some Standard Expressive Sentences
- 3. Settled Expressive Sentences
- 4. (Seeming) Expressive Contradictions
- 5. TB's Predictive Power
- 6. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 6
- Taboo
- 1. The State of the Art: An Opinionated Summary
- 2. Representationalism
- 3. Taboo: The Case of Coarseness
- 4. Slurs and Taboo
- 5. Conclusion: The Meaning of Forms
- Chapter 7
- Slurs
- 1. Type-Expressivism and Token-Expressivism
- 2. Expressing Hate: Pejoratives
- 3. Slurs and Moral Terms
- 4. Non-Expressive Slur Uses
- 5. Non-Discriminatory Slur Uses
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 8.
- On the Moral Import of Using Slurs
- 1. A Monistic Account of Slurs
- 2. Two Criticisms
- 3. An Alternative
- 4. Pragmatic and Moral Aspects
- Chapter 9
- Sudaca
- 1. Slurs and Disagreement
- 2. Meaning and Extensions
- 3. Further Semantic Issues
- 4. Other Descriptively Loaded Accounts of Slurs
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-7936-1437-7
- OCLC:
- 1244622939
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