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The article discusses the slur words which is a lexical category that opposes various issues including descriptivism versus expressivism and semantic and pragmatic divide. According to author Timothy Williamson, xenophobes use sentences wherein slurs take place to express complete thoughts yet are c...
| Publicado en: | Nous (0029-4624) Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 25 - 49 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2013
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the slur words which is a lexical category that opposes various issues including descriptivism versus expressivism and semantic and pragmatic divide. According to author Timothy Williamson, xenophobes use sentences wherein slurs take place to express complete thoughts yet are considered as bad thoughts. It mentions that slurs are forbidden words because of the offensive message they somehow communicate. |
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