Пытаньне табуізацыі і эўфэмізацыі беларускай сэксуальнай і плоцевай лексыкі: дыдактычны аспэкт
The issue of tabooing and euphemizing Belarusian sexual and corporeal vocabulary: a didactic perspective

Author(s): Uladzislau Ivanou
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Belarussian Literature, Polish Literature, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: taboos; euphemisms; euphemization; sexual vocabulary of the Belarusian language
Summary/Abstract: The sexual and corporeal vocabulary of the Belarusian language is still extremely taboo and euphemized. At the academic level, however, it remains underdeveloped due to primarily extralinguistic factors, such as the ideological and moralistic attitudes of the Soviet and now Belarusian society. At the level of the history of language, literature, folklore, as well as on the example of modern Belarusian dialects, sexual vocabulary is actively used and developed. This gap is especially evident during teaching and translating into Belarusian. The article attempts to explain the gap between practice and theory and suggests ways out of the impasse.

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