Berkovski, Yehezkel Sandy2023-02-232023-02-232022-01-22http://hdl.handle.net/11693/111634The ‘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.EnglishSlursSemanticsTabooConventionArticle10.1080/00048402.2021.20168751471-6828