For a Bottom-Up Approach to the Linguistic and Legal Definition

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_4719
dc.contributor.author	Ferrucci Francesca
dc.title	For a Bottom-Up Approach to the Linguistic and Legal Definition of Hate Speech. A Case Study of Offences Against Women
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	In addressing the legal definition of Hate Speech (HS), some important linguistic issues arise: the necessity of semantic precision of normative texts conflicts with the difficulty of tracing distinctive features of the phenomenon; the balancing with freedom of expression poses the question on the boundaries between opinions and verbal violence. Comparative studies on national laws show significant gaps in definitions, highlighting their negative effects. This paper discusses the problem analysing a corpus of 2,720 Facebook negative comments against women with decisional positions in Europe. Recurring textual strategies are identified testing a bottom-up approach, argued as the appropriate method to meet the current research challenges.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni del Comitato Unico di Garanzia dell’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-479-0/for-a-bottom-up-approach-to-the-linguistic-and-leg/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-478-3/010
dc.identifier.issn	2724-4652
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-5713
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-479-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-478-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	CMC
dc.subject	CMC
dc.subject	EU Legislation
dc.subject	EU Legislation
dc.subject	Freedom of speech
dc.subject	Freedom of speech
dc.subject	Hate Speech
dc.subject	Hate Speech
dc.subject	Recipient
dc.subject	Recipient
dc.subject	Text Analysis
dc.subject	Text Analysis
dc.subject	Woman
dc.subject	Woman

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For a Bottom-Up Approach to the Linguistic and Legal Definition of Hate Speech

A Case Study of Offences Against Women

Francesca Ferrucci Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italia

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In addressing the legal definition of Hate Speech (HS), some important linguistic issues arise: the necessity of semantic precision of normative texts conflicts with the difficulty of tracing distinctive features of the phenomenon; the balancing with freedom of expression poses the question on the boundaries between opinions and verbal violence. Comparative studies on national laws show significant gaps in definitions, highlighting their negative effects. This paper discusses the problem analysing a corpus of 2,720 Facebook negative comments against women with decisional positions in Europe. Recurring textual strategies are identified testing a bottom-up approach, argued as the appropriate method to meet the current research challenges.

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Dec. 29, 2020

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Keywords: Hate Speech • CMC • Text Analysis • Freedom of speech • Recipient • Woman • EU Legislation

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