Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics

Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics

Slurs are offensive expressions targeting individuals on the basis of their membership to certain social groups. Some authors have argued that the offensiveness of slurs is related to the semantic encoding of stereotypes in their meaning. As noticed by Robin Jeshion (2011, 2013a, 2013b), the stereo...

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Autor principal: Federico Cella
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Publicado: Rosenberg & Sellier 2017
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slurs
social generics
stereotypes
Jeshion
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a6d57f65af6a47bbbc0d8eb5ceb63b202021-12-02T12:05:59ZSlurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics10.13128/Phe_Mi-201142280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/a6d57f65af6a47bbbc0d8eb5ceb63b202017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7251https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 Slurs are offensive expressions targeting individuals on the basis of their membership to certain social groups. Some authors have argued that the offensiveness of slurs is related to the semantic encoding of stereotypes in their meaning. As noticed by Robin Jeshion (2011, 2013a, 2013b), the stereotypical strategies do not seem to provide a satisfactory analysis of slurs’ functional traits. Herein, I propose to modify her view by making a distinction between two offensive dimensions of slurs: a negative expressive component encoded in the semantic content and directed toward a certain group of individuals, and the social generics related to that group conveyed as conversational implicatures. Federico CellaRosenberg & Sellierarticleslurssocial genericsstereotypesJeshionAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 11 (2017)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
FR
IT
topic slurs
social generics
stereotypes
Jeshion
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
spellingShingle slurs
social generics
stereotypes
Jeshion
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
Federico Cella
Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics
description Slurs are offensive expressions targeting individuals on the basis of their membership to certain social groups. Some authors have argued that the offensiveness of slurs is related to the semantic encoding of stereotypes in their meaning. As noticed by Robin Jeshion (2011, 2013a, 2013b), the stereotypical strategies do not seem to provide a satisfactory analysis of slurs’ functional traits. Herein, I propose to modify her view by making a distinction between two offensive dimensions of slurs: a negative expressive component encoded in the semantic content and directed toward a certain group of individuals, and the social generics related to that group conveyed as conversational implicatures.
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author Federico Cella
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title Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics
title_short Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics
title_full Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics
title_fullStr Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics
title_full_unstemmed Slurs: Semantic Content, Expressive Content and Social Generics
title_sort slurs: semantic content, expressive content and social generics
publisher Rosenberg & Sellier
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