Science and Technology Production
SLURS AND EXPRESSIVITY. SEMANTICS AND BEYOND
Book
Date:
2020Publishing House and Editing Place:
Lexington Books, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing GroupISBN:
978-1-7936-1436-0Summary *
This collection explores how the expressive import of slurs and related expressive words is semantically encoded in the grammar and how their meaning affects their use in different linguistic practices. These practices are usually, but not always, related to practices of segregation and discrimination against particular groups of human beings. Therefore, contributions to the theory of slur meaning allow for a better understanding of those practices and help find the best way to eradicate them. Information provided by the agent in SIGEVAKey Words
EXPRESSIVITYSLURSBIDIMENSIONAL SEMANTICSDEROGATORY PRACTICES