The Pragmatics of Slurs.
I argue that the offense generation pattern of slurring terms parallels that of impoliteness behaviors, and is best explained by appeal to similar purely pragmatic mechanisms. In choosing to use a slurring term rather than its neutral counterpart, the speaker signals that she endorses the term (and...
| Publicado en: | Nous (0029-4624) Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 439 - 463 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2017
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |