Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language? 1
5. Pejoration in different linguistic domains
6. Pejorative prosody 21
7. How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and Forscherei 41
8. Quantification with pejoratives 75
9. Pejoration, normalcy conceptions and generic sentences 103
10. Demonstrative pejoratives 119
11. Pejoration, slurring and sarcasm
12. Slurring as insulting 145
13. A multi-act perspective on slurs 167
14. The meaning and use of slurs 187
15. Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasm 219
16. Pejoration in different linguistic contexts
17. Pejoration in contact 243
18. Bla, bla, bla in German. A pejorative construction? 269
19. Pejoratives in Korean 301
20. Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogue 325
21. Index 355