Björn Technau
List of John Benjamins publications for which Björn Technau plays a role.
Articles
2021 Review of Sosa (2018): Bad Words: Philosophical Perspectives on Slurs New perspectives on conflict, pp. 324–331 | Review
2020 The Multi-Component Model for the semantic analysis of slurs Hate speech: Definitions, interpretations and practices, Baider, Fabienne H., Sharon Millar and Stavros Assimakopoulos (eds.), pp. 218–239 | Article
The semantics of slur terms has provoked some debate within the philosophy of language, and different analysis models have been proposed to account for the complex meaning of these terms. The present paper acknowledges the complexity of the matter and presents an analysis model that is inspired… read more
2016 The meaning and use of slurs: An account based on empirical data Pejoration, Finkbeiner, Rita, Jörg Meibauer and Heike Wiese (eds.), pp. 187–218 | Article
This paper focusses on some aspects of the meaning and use of slurs that have been neglected in the literature so far. On the pragmatic side, it concentrates on non-pejorative uses and the distinction between target groups and in-groups. It shows that emotions play a critical role in all contexts… read more