Work

Code Words in Political Discourse

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: I argue that code words like "inner city" do not semantically encode hidden or implicit meanings, and offer an account of how they nonetheless manage to bring about the surprising effects discussed in Mendelberg 2001, White 2007, and Stanley 2015 (among others).

Source: Philosophical Topics

DOI: 10.5840/philtopics201745213

Author: Justin Khoo

Language: English

Topic: Cultural and political discourse analysis

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2763679290

FWCI: 13.19

Cites: 46

Cited by: 157

Related to: 10