The hurtfulness of slurs, nouns and adjectives as group labels

Name: The hurtfulness of slurs, nouns and adjectives as group labels
Published: 2022-12-23
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode.en
Keywords: slurs, group labels, offensive language, expressive meaning

Hogeweg, L.

Monique Neuleman

By means of a small experiment, we show that slurs are considered to be more hurtful than their corresponding ‘neutral’ nouns, but that at least some of these nouns themselves are experienced as more hurtful than adjective noun combinations.