Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning
(2014)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D. (2015). Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning. Language Sciences, 52, 22-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2014.06.018
This paper argues against the case for treating slurs alongside expletives in a general account of expressive meaning (cf Hedger, 2102, 13; Kaplan, 1997; Richard, 2008). Working within a relevance theoretic account of communication (. Sperber and Wil... Read More about Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning.