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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"slurs"”.
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Beyond slurs : communicating evaluative perspectives
Slurs have recently received a great deal of attention from philosophers of language. They are thought to be special in both their linguistic properties and their rhetorical effects-that is, in both what they mean and what they do. In this paper, drawing on the work of Elisabeth Camp and Rae …
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Fighting Words: Slurs, Semantics, and the Law
<p>Oppressive slurs like the n-word are fighting words <em>par excellence</em>. Their power to incite conflict and inflict emotional injury is unmatched by that of other, more commonplace insults. But what is it that makes oppressive slurs such potent verbal weapons? A commonplace view among both …
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The effect of lip-slur practice on increasing pitch range in brasswind instrument students
… several reasons why so many players practise lip-slurs. One of those reasons is the belief that lip-slurs contribute to the development of the brasswind high register. This study argues that while there is a vast amount of anecdotal evidence from many authors widely deemed to be influential in the …
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Beyond the punchline: an exploratory multimodal content analysis of LGBTQ+ representations and LGBTQ+ slurs in selected Afrikaans comedy films from 2010-2024
… between 2010-2024 and to investigate how LGBTQ+ slurs contribute to the filmic representation of LGBTQ+ identities in these films. The research question of this study is: What patterns, if any, can be identified in the LGBTQ+ representations and LGBTQ+ slurs used in Afrikaans comedy films …
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...But I Know It When I See It: Experimental Epistemology of Racism
… classically racist situations (e.g., racial slurs) in identical ways, whereas situations exemplary of everyday racism (e.g., poor restaurant service) facilitated group differences in the perception of racism such that members of each group were more likely to evaluate situations …
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THE LANDSCAPE OF AFFECTIVE MEANING
… particularistic insults (e.g., 'bastard') and slurs (e.g., 'wop') typically express (and elicit) negatively valenced affective states, they can also be interpreted positively in some con- texts. Thus, inspired in recent developments in formal sociolinguistics, I propose an 'indexical' approach …
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Speech, Sex, and Social Norms
… linguistics, and sociology. Discriminatory slurs (especially misogynistic ones), cat-calling, shaming, and flirting have all been neglected by philosophers, despite their social significance. Many of them play a key role in sustaining unjust social practices and structures. By illuminating …
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Antisemitism in British football : examining good practice in anti-discrimination educational initiatives
… stadiums, where antisemitic chants, symbols, and slurs have been directed at fans of specifi c teams. While numerous initiatives in sports address issues of inequality and discrimination, relatively few have focused specifi cally on combating antisemitism. Given the rise of antisemitism in the UK, …
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Atheism and the Matter of Representation in the English Renaissance
… has been typified, in turn, by the scholarly slurs of categorical vacuity and semantic looseness. The first claim of my dissertation, however, is that the inclusivity of Renaissance atheism signifies vital connectivity rather than speciousness. Reading canonical works of English Renaissance …
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Embracing all God’s children : an embedded single case study of a K–12 Southern classical Christian school’s racial diversity.
… the White peers of students of color used racial slurs and derogatory jokes, affecting the community’s emotional safety, which participants suggested may be due to their limited contact with populations from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, cultural competency was found to be essential for …
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Speech Therapy
… landscape of our communities. I argue that slurs, pejoratives, and misused epithets, a class of terms that I will refer to as demeaning speech, constitute a specific kind of epistemic oppression. My view is not that demeaning speech causes epistemic oppression, but rather that demeaning …
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Student perceptions of skills learned in undergraduate applied trumpet lessons
… are articulation/tonguing, flexibility/lip slurs, improvisation, intonation, range, rhythm, phrasing, scales/arpeggios, style, tone, and transposition. The non-trumpet specific skills comprise audition skills, collaborative skills, knowledge of literature, listening skills, pedagogy skills, …
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Principles of bowing and fingering for editing violin music
… by the transfer, deletion, or addition of slurs.Bowings considered conventional or "standard" are classified under (a) The Down-Bow Penchants dynamic, tonic, and agogic accents; resolutions; and dynamic gradations; (b) Uniformity of Articulations chords and successions of identical strokes; …