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Inflammatory language : its linguistics and philosophy /

'Inflammatory Language' investigates slurs, epithets that derogate purely on the basis of group-membership. Una Stojnić and Ernie Lepore argue, against prevailng views, that the distinctive pejorative effect of slurs is constituted by associations attached to and triggered by their articul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stojnić, Una (Author), LePore, Ernest, 1950- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Invective.
Slurs.
Invectives.
Semantics.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Political.
PHILOSOPHY.
Language.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part I Pejorative Content Accounts
  • 2 Predicative Accounts
  • 3 Presuppositional Accounts
  • 4 Conventional Implicature Accounts
  • 5 Perspectival Accounts
  • 6 Summary of Problems with Semantic Accounts
  • 7 Pragmatic Accounts
  • Part II Non-Content Accounts
  • 8 Non-Content Accounts
  • Prohibitionism
  • Pejorative Tone Account
  • Part III The Articulation Account
  • 9 The Articulation Account
  • 10 Conclusion
  • References
  • Name Index
  • General Index.