Slurs and Expressivity

Semantics and Beyond

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Eleonora Orlando, Andrés Saab, Andres Saab, Ramiro Saab, Andrés

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-15
Mått152 x 227 x 17 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePhilosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives
Antal sidor228
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793614384

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ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceChapter 1: Dualism and Monism in the Study of Slurs and BeyondEleonora Orlando and Andrés SaabChapter 2: On the Locus of Expressivity. Deriving Parallel Meaning Dimensions from Architectural ConsiderationsAndrés SaabChapter 3: The Discursive Dimension of SlursNicolás Lo GuercioChapter 4: A Bidimensional Account of SlursRamiro CasoChapter 5: Expressives and the Theory of BiasLudovic Soutif and Carlos MárquezChapter 6: Taboo: The Case of SlursStefano PredelliChapter 7: Slurs, the Amoralist and the Expression of HateJustina Díaz LegaspeChapter 8: On the Moral Import of Using SlursEleonora OrlandoChapter 9: Sudaca. Slurs and TypifyingAlfonso LosadaAbout the Contributors

The essays, most by Latin American scholars, are philosophical and linguistic studies representing a variety of theoretic orientations. What brings the essays together is the issue of what it means for a word to express a derogatory concept and how such meanings are reflected in use. The nine papers cover three broad areas. One is the separation of truth-conditions and reference from expressive force—the dualism of expressive terms. Another is the so-called hyper-expressivity of slurs, which refers to the way they retain their derogatory force across contexts. The third is the moral import of slurs and the independence of expressivity from attitude. Readers will require grounding in such concepts as truth-conditional and non-truth-conditional meaning, two-dimensional semantics, and conversational and conventional implicature, among others.… Slurs and Expressivity is an excellent contribution to the literature on philosophy of language[.] Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty.