Вульгаризмы в речи польских гопников (на примере романа Д. Масловской Pусско-польская война под бело-красным флагом)

Abstract

The paper presents several actual problems, among which is the style of belleslettres works of modern writers. However, the primary aim is to present the functioning of vulgarisms in colloquial speech. In this paper we concentrate on the way in which vulgar words are used and the causes of their occurrence. The Polish colloquial language is an example of language development, observed also in other Slavic languages. We can notice the vulgarization of language. It is obvious that not everyone uses vulgar words, but when it happens we are usually aware of reasons of their usage in speech, for example emotional state of a speaker, his or her behaviour, education and a stratum of society, which he or she chooses to belong to. The Maslovska‘s novel shows the life of Polish drug addicts, members of a gang, their interests and goals. For the creation of hero‘s images the author uses some language tools and she does not hesitate to put vulgarisms into the heroes‘ mouth. Thanks to this trick they look realistically. This novel confirms some linguistic theories about usage of vulgar words.