Slurs, Synonymy, and Taboo.

The 'prohibitionist' idea that slurs have the same linguistic properties as their neutral counterparts hasn't received much support in the literature. Here I offer a modified version of prohibitionism, according to which the taboo on using slurs is part of their conventional meaning. I conclude with...

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Publicado en:Australasian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 423 - 440
Autor principal: Sandy Berkovski, Y.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2023
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