"To Break the Boy's Word." Stylisation into the Language of the Youth Criminal Groups in the TV Series Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt by Zhora Kryzhovnikov Cover Image

"Złamać słowo zioma". Stylizacja na język młodzieżowych grup przestępczych w serialu Słowo pącana. Krew na asfalcie Żory Kryżownikowa
"To Break the Boy's Word." Stylisation into the Language of the Youth Criminal Groups in the TV Series Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt by Zhora Kryzhovnikov

Author(s): Olga Letka-Spychała
Subject(s): Media studies, Sociolinguistics, Stylistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: stylisation; criminal jargon; youth slang; Russian series; The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to characterise the language subjected to environmental stylisation in Zhora Kryzhovnikov's TV series The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt. The lexical layer of the series has been analysed. The lexical units have been extracted from eight episodes and come from the utterances of the characters, who are representatives of youth criminal groups. The vocabulary used by them is divided into two thematic groups: names of people and vocabulary describing behaviour. In the case of the TV series, we are dealing with an all-encompassing stylisation, as it appears in high intensity and covers a significant part of the characters' narration. The stylistic patterns used in the production are colloquialisation and argotisation, both based on the vocabulary taken from youth slang and criminal jargon.

  • Issue Year: 2/2025
  • Issue No: XXVII
  • Page Range: 137-158
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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