Slur Reclamation – Polysemy, Echo, or Both?

This paper concerns the topic of slur reclamation. I start with presenting two seemingly opposing accounts of slur reclamation, Jeshion’s (2020) Polysemy view and Bianchi’s (2014) Echoic view. Then, using the data provided by linguists, I discuss the histories of the reclamation of the slur ‘queer’...

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Autor principal:	Zuzanna Jusińska
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 2021
Materias:	meaning change pragmatics reclamation semantics slurs Philosophy (General) B1-5802
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2021.28310 https://doaj.org/article/06185cf0dbd541658d01793d6f239774
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06185cf0dbd541658d01793d6f2397742021-11-30T16:27:15ZSlur Reclamation – Polysemy, Echo, or Both?https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2021.283101335-06682585-7150https://doaj.org/article/06185cf0dbd541658d01793d6f2397742021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/09211812orgf.2021.28310.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1335-0668https://doaj.org/toc/2585-7150This paper concerns the topic of slur reclamation. I start with presenting two seemingly opposing accounts of slur reclamation, Jeshion’s (2020) Polysemy view and Bianchi’s (2014) Echoic view. Then, using the data provided by linguists, I discuss the histories of the reclamation of the slur ‘queer’ and of the n-word, which brings me to presenting a view of reclamation that combines the Polysemy view and Echoic view. The Combined view of slur reclamation proposed in this paper postulates meaning change while fleshing out the pragmatic mechanisms necessary for it to occur.Zuzanna JusińskaInstitute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciencesarticlemeaning changepragmaticsreclamationsemanticsslursPhilosophy (General)B1-5802CSENSKOrganon F, Vol 28, Iss 3, Pp 689-707 (2021)
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description	This paper concerns the topic of slur reclamation. I start with presenting two seemingly opposing accounts of slur reclamation, Jeshion’s (2020) Polysemy view and Bianchi’s (2014) Echoic view. Then, using the data provided by linguists, I discuss the histories of the reclamation of the slur ‘queer’ and of the n-word, which brings me to presenting a view of reclamation that combines the Polysemy view and Echoic view. The Combined view of slur reclamation proposed in this paper postulates meaning change while fleshing out the pragmatic mechanisms necessary for it to occur.
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Slur Reclamation – Polysemy, Echo, or Both?

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