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Paving the road to hell: The Spanish word menas as a case study [PDF]
Daimon, 2021 “Menas” is a term that has attracted a great deal of attention on the political scene in Spain at present. Although the term had a neutral usage originally, being an acronym for unaccompanied foreign minors, it has recently evolved into a term with ...
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The semantics of slurs: A refutation of coreferentialism [PDF]
Ampersand, 2015 Coreferentialism refers to the common assumption in the literature that slurs (e.g. faggot) and descriptors (e.g. male homosexual) are coreferential expressions with precisely the same extension.
Adam M. Croom
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Deprecatory Ethnonyms: The Case of Boanghin [PDF]
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica, 2023 In this study, we aim to analyse the origin and semantics of one of the lexemes used by Romanians to refer to Hungarians: boanghin(a), also used as boanghen(a).
Imola Katalin Nagy
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Deprecatory Ethnonyms: The Case of Bozgor [PDF]
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica, 2023 In this study, we wish to debate upon some aspects regarding the lexical and semantic implications of ethnonyms. We aim to analyse the origin and semantics of one of two lexemes used by Romanians to refer to Hungarians: bozgor. Besides a meta-analysis of
Imola Katalin Nagy
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Iperstoria, 2023 This paper presents the preliminary findings of a wider research project which aims at exploring the relationship between racist hate speech and online English lexicography for learners.
Silvia Pettini
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Generic inferential rules for slurs: Dummett and Williamson on ethnic pejoratives [PDF]
Synthese, 2019 Michael Dummett has proposed an influential analysis of the meaning of ethnic and racial slurs based on inferential rules. Timothy Williamson, however, finds the analysis problematic. It does not seem to explain how slurs are actually used. Williamson’s challenge for the inferentialist account of slurs has not gone unnoticed.
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Ethnic Slurs as War Names in the Zimbabwean Liberation War
Names, 2007 AbstractThe Zimbabwean war of liberation raged from 1966 until 1979. During that time many combatants assumed (or were given) noms de guerre. From a collection of more than 4800 of these war names we found that ethnic slurs comprised 9% of the total. One name in particular, Mabhunu, an adaptation of Boer, was especially common among ethnic slurs.
Lawrie Barnes, Charles Pfukwa
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Vaenunimedest eesti internetis [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2008 Ethnic, religious or other group-based dysphemisms are the most obvious manifestations of prejudice, ethnocentrism, sometimes even indicating actual feelings of xenophobia.But they also mirror the present and past on interethnic relationships, as slurs ...
Liisi Laineste
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Exploring the Use of South African Ethnic and Racial Slurs on Social Media
International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies, 2020 In this paper, I use discourse analysis as a framework to examine Facebook posts and understand how South African ethnic and racial slurs are used and responded to on social media platforms. I illustrate how language in general and slurs in particular work as tools for the negotiation, (re)production, (re)circulation and maintenance of particular ...
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Making Peace with Ethnic Slurs: The Ontological Implications of the Terms 'Miya' and 'Gedi'
, 2023 The verbose of ethnic slurs forms a great study in the status of the Miya community in Assam and especially the way Miya women or ‘gedi’ are conceived in the popular Assamese discourse. This article explores the trajectory of ethnic slurs and attempts to understand the parallels of ethnic slurs with other marginalized groups. In this attempt it becomes
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