Torices, José Ramón (2021) Understanding dogwhistles politics. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 36 (3). pp. 321-339. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper aims to deepen our understanding of so-called covert dogwhistles. I discuss whether a covert dogwhistle is a specific sort of mechanism of manipulation or whether, on the contrary, it draws on other already familiar linguistic mechanisms such as implicatures or presuppositions. I put forward a series of arguments aimed at illustrating that implicatures and presuppositions, on the one hand, and covert dogwhistles, on the other, differ in their linguistic behaviour concerning plausible deniability, cancellability, calculability and mutual acceptance. I concluded this paper by outlining a simple theory for covert dogwhistles according to which they are attitude-foregrounders.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | dogwhistles, implicatures, presuppositions, political manipulation, | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Rhetoric of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2021 05:00 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2021 05:00 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 19996 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.22510 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Rhetoric of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy |
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| Date: | September 2021 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 321-339 | ||||||
| Volume: | 36 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19996 |
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