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These are expressions that groups on the basis of race ('nigger'), nationality ('kraut'), religion ('kike'), der ('bitch'), sexual orientation ('fag'), immigrant status ('wetback') and other demographics.
1 Ιουλ 2013 · Slurs are first distinguished from other terms and their role in social interaction is discussed. A new distinction is introduced between three different uses of slurs: the (a) paradigmatic derogatory use, (b) non-paradigmatic derogatory use, and (c) non-derogatory in-group use.
In this paper, I present data involving the use of the Romanian slur ‘țigan’, consideration of which leads to the postulation of a sui-generis, irreducible type of use of slurs (‘identificatory’).
13 Αυγ 2024 · Slurs derogate individuals based on their belonging to some demographic group, for example, race, sexuality, class, and so on. This chapter observes ‘reclaimed’, ‘restricted’, and ‘standard’ uses of slurs and proposes a semantic...
1 Ιουλ 2013 · In this paper my subject will be paradigmatic slur words, and so I set aside issues arising with other derogatory terms or with appropriated slurs (i.e. those used to address the “insiders” of certain groups).
the word, even though used by people with abhorrent attitudes toward the group, would function as a neutral term for the group. A slur derogates, on her account, by signaling a bigoted perspective—which it could not do if it were the only word available to both bigots and non-bigots alike.
19 Ιουλ 2018 · The words we call slurs are just plain vanilla descriptions. They don’t semantically convey any disparagement of their referents, whether as content, conventional implicature, presupposition, “coloring” or mode of presentation.
