Chapter published in:
Pejorative Suffixes and Combining Forms in English
José A. Sánchez Fajardo
[Studies in Language Companion Series 222] 2022
► pp. 7–31

Chapter 1
Pejoration and beyond

Article outline
  • 1.1What is pejoration?
  • 1.2Pejoration at the interface of semantics and pragmatics
  • 1.3A linguistic interpretation of pejoratives
  • 1.4A two-dimensional analysis of pejorative lexis
  • 1.5Pejoratives: What for?
  • 1.6Pejoration and X-phemisms
    • 1.6.1Euphemisms as neutralizers of pejorative meaning
    • 1.6.2Dysphemisms as enhancers of pejorative meaning
  • 1.7Pejoration and slang
  • 1.8Pejoratives and the conceptualization of taboo