Meaning in derogatory social practices.
Verbal derogation is not only a linguistic but also, and perhaps more importantly, a political phenomenon. In this paper, I argue that to do justice to the political relevance of derogatory terms, we must not neglect the social practices and structures in which the use of these terms is embedded. I...
| Publicado en: | Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 495 - 516 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=170079493&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 170079493 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00405825 HL0 jtl: Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy issn: 00405825 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Aug2023 vid: 89 iid: 4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 170079493 10.1111/theo.12476 ppf: 495 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 258KB tig: atl: Meaning in derogatory social practices. aug: au: Mühlebach, Deborah affil: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany su: Linguistics Brandom, Robert, 1950- Discriminatory language Social change Political science sug: subj: Linguistics Brandom, Robert, 1950- Discriminatory language Social change Political science keyword: derogatory terms inferentialist semantics Robert Brandom slurs structural derogation ab: Verbal derogation is not only a linguistic but also, and perhaps more importantly, a political phenomenon. In this paper, I argue that to do justice to the political relevance of derogatory terms, we must not neglect the social practices and structures in which the use of these terms is embedded. I aim to show that inferentialist semantics is especially helpful to account for this social embeddedness and, consequently, the political relevance of derogatory terms. I am concerned with specifying the linguistic and political aspects of terms that are at the core of derogatory language use. I explain them with the help of Brandomian inferentialism, which tends to be quickly dismissed or ignored in discussions about the meaning of derogatory terms. My inferentialist account is in line with Lynne Tirrell's broader inferentialist framework for understanding derogatory communicative practices. I provide the semantic details of her broader inferentialist view and thereby aim to show that inferentialist semantics is a promising theory which cannot be neglected in further discussion of meaning and politics in derogatory language use. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy holder: Wiley-Blackwell dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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