Not All Slurs are Equal

Slurs are typically defined as conveying contempt based on group-membership. However, here I argue that they are not a unitary group. First, I describe two dimensions of variation among derogatives: how targets are identified, and how offensive the term is. This supports the typical definition of sl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mihaela Popa-Wyatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2017-01-01
Series:Phenomenology and Mind
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7252