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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...

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Published in:	Nous (0029-4624) Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 25 - 49
Main Authors:	Anderson, Luvell, Lepore, Ernie
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Mar2013
Subjects:	Lexical phonology Semantics Pragmatics Expressivism (Ethics) Williamson, Timothy, 1955- Thought & thinking
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost