Three Rich-Lexicon Theories of Slurs: A Comparison.
Many authors writing on slurs think that they are lexically rich, in the sense that their lexical meaning comprises both a descriptive dimension and an expressive/evaluative one, the latter accounting for their derogatory character. However, more fine-grained theories of slurs have recently been pro...
| Published in: | Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 17 - 31 |
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