About Phraseologisms in the Contemporary Jargon of Russian Drug Addicts Cover Image

O frazeologizmach we współczesnym rosyjskim żargonie narkomanów
About Phraseologisms in the Contemporary Jargon of Russian Drug Addicts

Author(s): Monika Piotrowska-Mazurowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: phraseologism; jargon; semantic classification; synonymous variants; lexical-grammatical classification

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the issue of drug nominations above the word level. It assumed that every jargon expression composed of two or more elements is a phraseologism. Theanalysis encompasses 274 phraseological expressions excerpted from the most recent lexicographicsources. Among the analyzed drug nominations there were observed all kinds of expressionsdivided according to semantic as well as formal criteria. Moreover, phraseological phonetic, morphological-grammatical, word-formation and lexical variants were distinguished.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: X
  • Page Range: 71-77
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish