Article

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

Authors: Romodanovskaya V.A.

Institute of Russian Literature (the Pushkin House), Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

In the section Linguistics

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.

Keywords: obscene vocabulary, taboo, religious and political situation

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