THE SEMANTICS OF RACIAL EPITHETS.

The article presents an analysis on how racial epithets works as derogatory expressions and as semantic strategy. Racial epithets conveys derogatory content towards their subjects. The two competing strategies for explaining how epithets work include the semantic and the pragmatic. An analysis is pr...

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Publicado en:Journal of Philosophy Vol. 105; no. 8; pp. 416 - 441
Autor principal: Hom, Christopher
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Journal of Philosophy Inc. Aug2008
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        Epithets
        Historical linguistics
        Semantics
        Ethnicity
        African Americans
        Group identity
        Comparative linguistics
        Demographic characteristics
        Race relations
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          Epithets
          Historical linguistics
          Semantics
          Ethnicity
          African Americans
          Group identity
          Comparative linguistics
          Demographic characteristics
          Race relations
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