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Slurs and Expressivity: Semantics and Beyond, edited by Eleonora
Orlando and Andres Saab,focuses on the analysis of the expressive
aspects of slur-words, namely, those words prima facie related to
the conveyance of contemptuous or derogatory feelings for the
members of a certain group of people identified in terms of their
ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, political ideology, and
other personal qualities. In as far as they are used to express
emotional attitudes, slurs are, thus, a kind of expressive words.
This collection provides different hypotheses regarding the way in
which the expressive import of slurs and other related expressive
words is semantically encoded in the grammar and how their meaning
impacts other aspects related to their use in different practices
of linguistic communication. These linguistic practices are
usually, but not always, related to segregation and discrimination
of particular human groups. Therefore, any contribution to the
theory of slur meaning is, directly or indirectly, also a
contribution to a better understanding of those practices and to
finding the best way to eradicate them.
Slurs and Expressivity: Semantics and Beyond, edited by Eleonora
Orlando and Andres Saab,focuses on the analysis of the expressive
aspects of slur-words, namely, those words prima facie related to
the conveyance of contemptuous or derogatory feelings for the
members of a certain group of people identified in terms of their
ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, political ideology, and
other personal qualities. In as far as they are used to express
emotional attitudes, slurs are, thus, a kind of expressive words.
This collection provides different hypotheses regarding the way in
which the expressive import of slurs and other related expressive
words is semantically encoded in the grammar, and how their meaning
impacts other aspects related to their use in different practices
of linguistic communication. These linguistic practices are
usually, but not always, related to practices of segregation and
discrimination of particular human groups. Therefore, any
contribution to the theory of slur meaning is, directly or
indirectly, also a contribution to a better understanding of those
practices and to finding the best way to eradicate them.
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