On the reasons for a taboo in the Modern Russian language: meditations and notes

In the section Linguistics
On the reasons for a taboo in the Modern Russian language: meditations and notes
Авторы (текстом)
Romodanovskaya V.A.
Institute of Russian Literature (the Pushkin House), Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Ключевые слова
obscene vocabulary, taboo, religious and political situation
Abstract

The paper contains observations on the taboo vocabulary of the Russian language, possibility of its use in society, as well as social and religious reasons for prohibitions.

Bibliographic reference
Romodanovskaya V.A. On the reasons for a taboo in the Modern Russian language: meditations and notes // Сибирский филологический журнал. 2012. № 2. Pp. 64–75.