35.1534, FYI: STAL Seminar, MAY 21, 14.30 CEST: Víctor Carranza-Pinedo, "Language Dynamics in Close Quarters: The Function of Pejorative Nicknames"

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Subject: 35.1534, FYI: STAL Seminar, MAY 21, 14.30 CEST: Víctor Carranza-Pinedo, "Language Dynamics in Close Quarters: The Function of Pejorative Nicknames"

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Date: 17-May-2024
From: Dan Zeman [danczeman at gmail.com]
Subject: STAL Seminar, MAY 21, 14.30 CEST: Víctor Carranza-Pinedo, "Language Dynamics in Close Quarters: The Function of Pejorative Nicknames"


The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network
(https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home) invites you to a talk
by Víctor Carranza-Pinedo (University of Münster) entitled "Language
Dynamics in Close Quarters: The Function of Pejorative Nicknames". The
talk will take place online on MAY 21, 14:30-16:00 Central European
Summer Time, and is part of the of STAL network seminar series. If you
want to participate, please write to stalnetwork at gmail.com for the
Zoom link. Below you can find the abstract.

All welcome!

ABSTRACT
This presentation focuses on pejorative nicknames, in particular
within closely-knit social settings such as villages, households, and
schools. Drawing from ethnological and psychological studies on
nicknaming and name-calling practices, the presentation aims at
showing the shared functional and structural attributes between
pejorative nicknames and slurs. Through an examination of the control
mechanisms embedded in both phenomena, this exploration suggests that
pejorative nicknames serve as tools to foster intra-groups
hierarchies, mirroring the role of slurs within a smaller scale. By
doing so, this presentation aims at directing attention on how
linguistic dynamics within smaller speech-act communities can enhance
our comprehension of the derogatory impact of slurs in more intricate
social contexts.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics




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