Code Words in Political Discourse
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Code words in political discourse.pdf
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Author(s)
Khoo, Justin Donald
Date Issued
2017
Journal
Philosophical Topics
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Philosophy Documentation Center
Citation
Khoo, Justin. “Code Words in Political Discourse.” Philosophical Topics 45, 2 (2017): 33–64
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
I argue that code words like “inner city” do not semantically encode hidden or implicit meanings, and offer an account of how they nonetheless manage to bring about the surprising effects discussed in Mendelberg 2001, White 2007, and Stanley 2015 (among others).
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.5840/philtopics201745213
