Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
A drawback for substitutional arguments. |
| Authors: |
Diaz-Legaspe, Justina1,2 (AUTHOR) jdiazlegaspe@gmail.com, Sennet, Adam3 (AUTHOR) amsennet@ucdavis.edu |
| Source: |
Language Sciences. Nov2021, Vol. 88, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Linguistic context, Dilemma, Argument, Discriminatory language, Group theory |
| Abstract: |
Competing theories on the semantics of group pejorative terms (also known as 'slurs') comprise both advocates and opponents to the Identity Thesis (IT), according to which these terms and their neutral counterparts do not differ in semantic value. In the opponents' camp, Christopher Hom has offered an argument based on substitution of slurs and neutral counterparts that both supports his semanticist approach and cast doubts on all IT-based approaches to slurs. We aim to point to a dilemma triggered by this argument based on evidence showing that substitution of some words (including but not restricted to slurs) for non-problematically co-referential pairs may fail to preserve truth-values in some linguistics contexts. • We undermine an argument for an approach to the semantics of slurring terms. • The argument involves substitution of slurring terms for neutral ones. • We show the argument over-generates by presenting similar cases. • We support a 'register' based approach to the semantics of slur terms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
