TY - BOOK ID - 79509390 TI - Just words : on speech and hidden harm PY - 2019 SN - 9780198829706 0198829701 9780192565228 0192565230 0191868205 0192565222 PB - Oxford, UK: Oxford university press, DB - UniCat KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Philosophy of language KW - Oral communication KW - Sociolinguistics. KW - Hate speech. KW - Social aspects. KW - Oral communication - Social aspects. KW - Hate speech KW - Defamation against groups KW - Group defamation KW - Group libel KW - Racist speech KW - Speech, Hate KW - Libel and slander KW - Language and culture KW - Linguistics KW - Sociology KW - Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79509390 AB - We all know that speech can be harmful. But what are the harms and how exactly does the speech in question brings those harms about? Mary Kate McGowan identifies a previously overlooked mechanism by which speech constitutes, rather than merely causes, harm. She argues that speech constitutes harm when it enacts a norm that prescribes that harm. McGowan illustrates this theory by considering many categories of speech including sexist remarks, racist hate speech, pornography, verbal triggers for stereotype threat, micro-aggressions, political dog whistles, slam poetry, and even the hanging of posters. Just Words explores a variety of harms - such as oppression, subordination, discrimination, domination, harassment, and marginalization - and ways in which these harms can be remedied. ER -