The Definition and Typological Model of a Dogwhistle

Abstract A formal, speaker-based definition for the linguistic trope known as a ‘dogwhistle’ is provided. This definition is supported by an 11-part typological model for distinguishing dogwhistles from similar linguistic tropes (i.e., puns, innuendo, inside jokes) and other speech acts. The model i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kimberly Witten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2023-07-01
Series:Manuscrito
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452023005001202&lng=en&tlng=en