The semantics of slurs
A Refutation of Pure Expressivism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5308482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam M Croom (0000-0001-9541-684X, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Pages | 227-242 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0388-0001 • E-ISSN: 1873-5746 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.langsci.2013.07.003 |
| OpenAlex | W2041683499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 42 |
Commit · Epistemology · Expressivism · Scholarship · Sociology · Suspect · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
Perceived Discrimination in LGBTIQ Discourse
An integrated explicit and implicit offensive language taxonomy
To Be ‘An Out-of-the-Synagoguer’
What’s wrong with dogwhistles
Contrastive signaling without counterparts
The semantics of slurs
On the conventionalization of impoliteness formulae
Qualifying insults, offensive epithets, slurs and expressive expletives
Asian slurs and stereotypes in the USA
“Swear words” and “curse words” in Australian (and American) English. At the crossroads of pragmatics, semantics and sociolinguistics
The social semiotic of reclaiming an identity from racist discourse
Negative emotions versus target descriptions
Nasreddin Hoca Fıkralarında ‘Türk’ Oto-Stereotipi
Ad hoc concepts, affective attitude and epistemic stance
Referencing Race = Racist? Examining Perceptions of References to a Target’s Race as Offensive
When is Self-Labeling Seen as Reclaiming? The Role of User and Observer's Sexual Orientation in Processing Homophobic and Category Labels’ use
What a jerk
Slurs, stereotypes, and in-equality
From self to ingroup reclaiming of homophobic epithets
Slurs and the indexical field
Diachronic variations of slurs and levels of derogation
Attacking epistemic personhood on Twitter/X
The compatibility condition for expressives revisited
Social acceptability of sexist derogatory and sexist objectifying slurs across contexts
Structural differentiation and the poetics of violence shaping Barack Obama's presidency
Out of bounds
Taboo word fluency and knowledge of slurs and general pejoratives
Slurs and expletives
Two-faced -isms
In defence of a presuppositional account of slurs
Expressive meaning in an AAE attributive construction
Semantic constraint and pragmatic nonconformity for expressives
Slurs against masculinity
Celebrity anti-Semitism - A translation studies perspective
Slurs, insults, (backhanded) compliments and other strategic facework moves
La notion d' expressivité . Présentation
Slurs and appropriation
Slurs and stereotypes for Italian Americans
The Use and Perception of Reclaimed Group Labels for Lesbian Women and Gay Men
Perceptions of Racial Slurs Used by Black Individuals Toward White Individuals
On the Descriptive and Expressive Function of Derogatory Group Labels
"Sounding Gay, Speaking as a "Fag
Code of the street
Our Nig
The Logic of Conventional Implicatures
Roc the Mic Right
Being For
Perspective-shifting with appositives and expressives
The Reappropriation of Stigmatizing Labels
The slave community
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Korean honorification
Really fucking brilliant
Freedom of Expression in the Marketplace of Ideas
Identity Issues in Groups
Black Pride and Black Prejudice
The Semantics of Racial Epithets
Varieties of conventional implicature
The co-construction of whiteness in an MC battle
How the jilt triumphed over the slut
Escaping Embarrassment
Expressive‐assertivism
Philosophical investigations
The expressive dimension
Slurs
How to do things with slurs
Keepin' it Real
Meaning and racial slurs
Expressives and Identity Conditions
Pejoratives
Sluts and Riot Grrrls
Nigger
Lexicon of Black English
Battlin' on the Corner
Keepin' It Real
| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |