Particularités du juron dans le français québécois
Swearwords in the Quebec French

Summary/Abstract: The paper “Swearwords in the Quebec French” is intended to analyse the swearwords of Quebec, or the so-called sacres, from the lexicology point of view, while giving a socio-linguistic assessment of the phenomenon. The research methods are descriptive and statistical. Various theoretical and historical sources helped us look into the origin and meaning of the object. Syntactic, semantic, and morphological aspects of the swearwords are discussed from the diachronic point of view, indicating the causes of their occurrence in the province of Quebec. Particular attention Swearwords in the Quebec Frenchis paid to the papers of Canadian linguists Michel Prénovost, Jean-Pierre Pichette and others. We use their classification of swearwords depending on their meaning and morphological structure. A syntactic and lexical-semantic analysis has been undertaken. It is based on the common usage of the sacres in various layers of the society, including the Quebec literature, newspapers, television and everyday speech. A socio-linguistic aspect of the lexicology analysis confirmed the prevailing opinion of Canadian researchers that the swearwords – a long-time taboo subject for the residents of Quebec – has now become a sign of the province identity. Our linguistic analysis has enabled us to better understand the Francophone culture and come to the conclusion that the sacres do not fall out of the context of the standard French; they can be regarded as a feature of the Quebec familiar language in particular, and as an extension of the limits of the familiar French language in general.

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