A New Semantic Artifact Based Framework for Studying and Documenting Algospeak and Related Phenomena

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In this paper we present a new framework for analysis, documenting and publishing resources about the recent linguistic phenomenon of algospeak. This proposed framework features the use of two semantic artifacts (both of which we make available as SKOS semantic artifacts in RDF), and a cross-lingual lexicon of algospeak terms which follows a schema intended to facilitate the comparison of algospeak across languages and cultural contexts. Our article also features a discussion of the use of algospeak in two non-anglophone contexts (Italian and Arabic) which resulted from a period of data collection which the authors undertook as preparation for the creation of our framework and the categories which underlie it.

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