Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
Slurs and Semantic Indeterminacy / G. Torrengo. - In: PHILOSOPHIA. - ISSN 0048-3893. - 48:4(2020), pp. 1617-1627. [10.1007/s11406-020-00186-6]
Abstract:
The analysis of the derogatory aspect of slurs has recently aroused interest among philosophers of language. A puzzling element of it is its erratic behaviour in embeddings, for instance negation or belief reports. The derogatory aspect seems sometimes to “scope out” from the embedding to the context of utterance, while at other times it seems to interact with the linguistic constructions in which the slur is implanted. I argue that slurs force us to maintain a kind of semantic indeterminacy which, to my knowledge, has passed largely unnoticed in philosophy of language.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Slurs; Expressives; Indeterminacy; Semantic Deference
Elenco autori:
G. Torrengo
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