Selected topics in the study of Cognitive Science.

Throughout this course we will draw upon theoretical and experimental research articles to study a variety of important topics in the slurs and stereotypes literature including the brain and cognitive components involved in processing slurs and stereotypes, the relationship between the content of slurs and stereotypical attributes of their targets, the semantics and pragmatics of slurs (their literal meaning and use in context), classical and prototype theories of concepts, negative and positive stereotypes, derogatory and non-derogatory uses of slurs, contextual factors that influence the interpretation of slurs, social communication of power and status, and slur reclamation or appropriation. This course will also introduce students to several important research methods for studying slurs and stereotypes including philosophical methods, experimental methods, corpus-based methods, and computational methods.

This class will be taught asynchronously and time conflicts are allowed.

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