Dogwhistling as a narrative-evoking form of communication

Abstract In this essay I defend the view that dogwhistling is a a speech act performed with a narrative-evoking perlocutionary effect in the so-called target audience. What is evoked is a certain kind of narrative, previously endorsed by the relevant audience, which endows its members with the use o...

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Main Author: ELEONORA ORLANDO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2023-10-01
Series:Manuscrito
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452023000300402&lng=en&tlng=en