When Reporting Others Backfires

Anderson, Luvell

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“…On the other hand, some scholars maintain that the perceived offensiveness of slurs has little to do with whether they are mentioned or used (see Anderson, 2016;Anderson & Lepore, 2013a, 2013b. And some acknowledge that at least something in slurs' offensiveness survives even when they are quoted.…”

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“…I had to do a lot of explaining. … In (4) and (5) the expressions are quoted, and therefore only mentioned , and not actually used . Quotation neutralizes derogation and offensiveness, making it possible to talk about slurs in a neutral way … The mechanisms of quotation and meta‐linguistic negation are external to a theory of slurs—whatever the nature of their derogatory meaning, it is to be expected that it becomes neutralized in such contexts (Hess, 2020, p. 89).On the other hand, some scholars maintain that the perceived offensiveness of slurs has little to do with whether they are mentioned or used (see Anderson, 2016; Anderson & Lepore, 2013a, 2013b). And some acknowledge that at least something in slurs' offensiveness survives even when they are quoted.…”

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Slurs in quarantine

Cepollaro,

Sulpizio,

Bianchi

et al. 2023

Mind & Language

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We investigate experimentally whether the perceived offensiveness of slurs survives when they are reported, by comparing Italian slurs and insults in base utterances (Y is an S), direct speech (X said: “Y is an S”), mixed quotation (X said that Y is “an S”), and indirect speech (X said that Y is an S). For all strategies, reporting decreases the perceived offensiveness without removing it. For slurs, but not insults, indirect speech is perceived as more offensive than direct speech. Our hypothesis is that, because slurs constitute hate speech, speakers employ quotation marks to signal their dissociation from slur use.

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Slurs in quarantine

Cepollaro,

Sulpizio,

Bianchi

et al. 2023

Mind & Language

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“…The first approach is that of the scholars who claim that slurs do not have any derogatory content. It is a minority position whose main representatives are Anderson and Lepore (Anderson & Lepore, 2013a, 2013bAnderson, 2016). According to this deflationary position, slurs are taboo terms that cannot be used or mentioned in any context.…”

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Words in Motion: Slurs in Indirect Report

Tenchini

2021

Gestalt Theory

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Summary Slurs are pejorative epithets that express negative attitudes toward a class of individuals sharing the same race, country of origin, sexual orientation, religion, and the like. The aim of this paper is to show what happens in communication when slurs are reported. It focuses on the derogatory content of such expressions and on the persistence of their performative effects in reported speech. In this respect, the question concerning the attribution of responsibility for the derogatory content conveyed by the slurs is relevant. Indeed, reporting a slur involves quoting not only the content but also the speaker’s personal commitment and (negative) attitude. Different theories on the status of the derogatory component of slurs make different predictions about their offensiveness in reported speech and about the speaker’s “responsibility” for the attitude and feelings conveyed by that word, be she the original speaker or the reporter. The results of a questionnaire show empirically that no single theory can provide a conclusive statement on this matter.

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Moghaddam¹

2019

The Praxis of Indirect Reports

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When Reporting Others Backfires

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