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Employing a designation used during the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the Spanish colonists called Muslims in the Philippines “Moros,” a pejorative term, and the Muslims appear to have called themselves Islam.
Dec 28, 2020 · After presenting a working definition of derogatory language and describing its prevalence, we discuss the social functions it serves and the role it plays in identity protection, in legitimizing group hierarchies, and in establishing and enforcing group norms.
- Carmen Cervone, Martha Augoustinos, Anne Maass
- 2021
Apr 20, 2019 · However, although English-language publications frequently describe moro as a pejorative term, the RAE's DLE doesn't list any of the uses of moro as pejorative (though definition 10 is tellingly negative).
May 27, 2020 · Other linguistic problems are definitional. How do slurs differ from pejoratives, insults, swear words, and offensive behavior? Within the realm of evaluative language, how do slurs compare to Fregean “coloring” and hybrid terms such as moral, “thick,” and evaluative terms?
Spanish colonizers used the term “Moro” as a derogatory term for Muslims and portrayed them in negative terms mainly because of their resistance to Spanish colonial rule and Christianity.
Jun 8, 2020 · Moro can have (at least) three different uses in the Spaniards’ common talk. Some people use it with a neutral, extensional, meaning: moro simply designates someone coming from North Africa. However, for many people moro is a slur and is used as such
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Jul 19, 2018 · One could describe them only with elastic labels like “derogatory,” “abusive,” or “pejorative,” whose various equivalents (e.g., dépréciatif, abschätzig, spregiativo) are still the only terms available in most other languages for words like these.
