Slurs, synonymy, and taboo
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2022-01-22
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Australasian Journal of Philosophy
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1471-6828
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1 - 17
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English
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The ‘prohibitionist’ idea that slurs have the same linguistic properties as their neutral counterparts hasn’t received much support in the literature. Here I offer a modified version of prohibitionism, according to which the taboo on using slurs is part of their conventional meaning. I conclude with explanations of the behaviour of slurs in embedded constructions.