Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: I critically examine Stojnić and Lepore’s key claim from their book Inflammatory Language that articulations are particularly important to the analysis of slurs. I agree with Stojnić and Lepore that we should endorse the significance of articulations for our linguistic intuitions, especially when it comes to the causal and social powers of language; I argue that for locating this approach to the articulations of slurs in a broader context of fiction and taboos. However, while I accept Stojnić and Lepore’s evidence for theorizing some slurs through associations at the level of articulations, I argue for continuing to account for slurs in part through prohibitions and through associations at the level of words and concepts.
Source: Croatian Journal of Philosophy
DOI: 10.52685/cjp.25.75.5
Author: Matthew Stone
Institution: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W7124162253
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