printProfanity as a social phenomenon:
analyzing survey results in a provincial Russian town
Кienko Т.S.
Cand. Sci. (Sociol.), Assoc. Prof., Department of Social Technologies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia tskienko@sfedu.ru
Rubric: Sociology of culture
For citation:
Кienko Т.S. Profanity as a social phenomenon: analyzing survey results in a provincial Russian town. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2016. No 5. P. 124-133
Abstract
An attempt to analyze phenomenon of profanity is based on a sociological case study. Author describes typical social contexts and user types along with meaningful, emotional, social-demographic, and functional features of using obscene language as well as attitudes towards the use of profanity in a provincial town.
Keywords
profanity; obscene language; foul language; social context; social control; functions of profanity
Content No 5, 2016