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URL:https://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/activities/7th-session-zyglewicz-slur-rec
 lamation-and-the-polysemy-homonymy-distinction/
SUMMARY:7th session: Zyglewicz\, "Slur Reclamation and the polysemy/homonym
 y distinction"
DESCRIPTION:Reclamation of a slur involves the creation of a new\, positive
 ly-valenced meaning that gradually replaces the old pejorative meaning. Th
 is means that at a critical stage\, the slur is ambiguous. It has been cla
 imed that this ambiguity is polysemy. However\, it is far from clear wheth
 er the view can explain why the introduction of the new meaning forces the
  old one out of existence. I argue that this datapoint can be explained by
  invoking the mechanism of homonymic conflict\, and\, therefore\, that the
  ambiguity involved in reclamation is homonymy. One generalization that fo
 llows from my account is that conventionalized verbal irony\, unlike conve
 ntionalized metonymy and metaphor\, begets homonymy. Along the way\, I cri
 ticize the standard ways of drawing the distinction between polysemy and h
 omonymy in terms of semantic and etymological relatedness. If the notions 
 of polysemy and homonymy are to be invoked in explanations\, they should b
 e understood interms of how meanings are stored in the mental lexicon. My 
 account also provides an elegant way of conceptualizing the difference bet
 ween two types of conceptual engineering\, namely reclamation and ameliora
 tion.Tomasz Zyglewicz\, "Slur Reclamation and the polysemy/homonymy distin
 ction" forthcoming in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
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