Evaluative terms and concepts are often divided into “thin” and “thick”. We don't evaluate
actions and persons merely as good or bad, or right or wrong, but also as kind, courageous …

This chapter surveys the contemporary debate in philosophy of language and linguistics
about value judgments. Under this label we find different kinds of judgments such as 'Torture …

In this paper, we present three studies on slurs and non-slurring insults presented (i) in
isolation (Pilot study),(ii) in direct speech (Study 1) and (iii) in indirect reports (Study 2). The …

In this paper, I develop an essentialist model of the semantics of slurs. I defend the view that
slurs are a species of kind terms: Slur concepts encode mini-theories which represent an …

What is the relation between language, communication, and values? In Slurs and Thick
Terms: When Language Encodes Values, Bianca Cepollaro explores the ways in which …

argued that a different dimension of expressive meaning (“use-conditional”, as opposed to
truth-conditional) is required to characterize the meaning of pejoratives, including slurs and …

In this thesis I develop a uniform account of slurs and thick terms in terms of presuppositions.
I argue that slurs and thick terms–even though they were studied by different disciplines …

In her chapter,“Pejoratives”, Robin Jeshion distinguishes pejorative lexical items (including
slurs like the n-word and suffixes like-tard) from pejorative uses of words (like boy used to …

Theories about the meaning of words for social categories and roles raise several
interconnected questions. One is metaphysical: What is the nature of the social things we …

The aim of this paper is to provide arguments based on linguistic evidence that discard a
truth-conditional analysis of slurs (TCA) and pave the way for more promising approaches …