Autonyms: ought or ought not by Benedict, Paul K.

“…As Matisoff points out, autonyms tend to be ethnocentric ('human speech,' the speech of men') whereas exonyms tend to be 'pejorative (JAM's italics) rather than complimentary, especially where there is a real or fancied difference in the cultural level between the ingroup and the outgroup.' …”
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The unfolding of gossip in casual conversations. by Teo, Li Min.

“…Eggins and Slade (1997), however, outlined obligatory and optional structural elements, with the former comprising third person focus, substantiating behaviour, and pejorative evaluation. This project applies their framework in investigating gossip structure in Singapore. …”
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“A talented and decorative group” : a re-examination of London’s women artists, c. 1900-1914 by Yu, Mengting

“…Alicia Foster’s article “Gwen John’s Self-Portrait: Art, Identity and Women Students at the Slade School,” published in 2000, used the expression “a talented and decorative group” to describe common attitudes towards women artists in late nineteenth and early twentieth century London. The pejorative attribution implied strongly a status less significant to that of their male counterparts and it is this widely held view which I challenge in this dissertation. …”
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