The article is dedicated to the questions of an uncontrollable expansion of the obscene lexicon in modern Russian. The author reflects on the reasons of a language taste change and expresses concern about the penetration of four-letter words into literary speech.

Translated title of the contributionABOUT GREAT RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND FOUR-LETTER WORDS
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)61-65
Number of pages5
JournalФилологический класс
Volume28
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2012

    WoS ResearchAreas Categories

  • Education & Educational Research

    Research areas

  • euphemisation, literary language, language situation, public language, obscene lexicon, foul word

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