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Book SynopsisSlurs 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.
Table of ContentsContents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Chapter 1: Dualism and Monism in the Study of Slurs and Beyond
Eleonora Orlando and Andrés Saab
Chapter 2: On the Locus of Expressivity. Deriving Parallel Meaning Dimensions from Architectural Considerations
Andrés Saab
Chapter 3: The Discursive Dimension of Slurs
Nicolás Lo Guercio
Chapter 4: A Bidimensional Account of Slurs
Ramiro Caso
Chapter 5: Expressives and the Theory of Bias
Ludovic Soutif and Carlos Márquez
Chapter 6: Taboo: The Case of Slurs
Stefano Predelli
Chapter 7: Slurs, the Amoralist and the Expression of Hate
Justina Díaz Legaspe
Chapter 8: On the Moral Import of Using Slurs
Eleonora Orlando
Chapter 9: Sudaca. Slurs and Typifying
Alfonso Losada
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