Slurring epithets and generic descriptivism : the meaning and the epistemology of ethnically derogatory terms

Slurring epithets or slurs like 'Frog' and 'Boche' are derogative terms but it is unclear why they are derogatory. This work discusses several proposals to answer this question. One commonality with the discussed views is that they all hold that derogation has something to do wit...

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Main Author: Valtonen, Pasi Markus
Other Authors: Textor, Mark ; Brewer, Mark William
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.721697