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What's wrong with truth-conditional accounts of slurs.

The aim of this paper is to provide arguments based on linguistic evidence that discard a truth-conditional analysis of slurs (TCA) and pave the way for more promising approaches. We consider Hom and May's version of TCA, according to which the derogatory content of slurs is part of their truth-cond...

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Published in:Linguistics & Philosophy Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 333 - 348
Main Authors: Cepollaro, Bianca, Thommen, Tristan
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2019
Subjects:
Discriminatory language
Semantics
Language awareness
Orators
Language exams
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