Meaning in derogatory social practices

Verbal derogation is not only a linguistic but also, and perhaps more importantly, political phenomenon. In this paper, I argue that to do justice the relevance of derogatory terms, we must neglect social practices structures in which use these terms embedded. aim show inferentialist semantics especially helpful account for embeddedness and, consequently, terms. am concerned with specifying aspects are at core language use. explain them help Brandomian inferentialism, tends be quickly dismissed or ignored discussions about meaning My line Lynne Tirrell's broader framework understanding communicative practices. provide semantic details her view thereby promising theory cannot neglected further discussion politics