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.
Slurs and Semantic Indeterminacy / G. Torrengo. - In: PHILOSOPHIA. - ISSN 0048-3893. - 48:4(2020), pp. 1617-1627. [10.1007/s11406-020-00186-6]
Slurs and Semantic Indeterminacy
G. Torrengo
2020
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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|
Slurs and Semantic Indeterminacy Penultimate.pdf
accesso aperto
Descrizione: pre-print
Tipologia:
Pre-print (manoscritto inviato all'editore)
Dimensione
133.75 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
133.75 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri |
10.1007_s11406-020-00186-6.pdf
accesso riservato
Descrizione: versione online first
Tipologia:
Publisher's version/PDF
Dimensione
317.05 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
317.05 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri Richiedi una copia |
Pubblicazioni consigliate
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.