Russian and Soviet sociolinguistics and taboo varieties of the Russian language : (argot, jargon, slang and "mat")
This
thesis presents a survey of the research done on social varieties which
have been taboo in the Soviet Union for some decades. It includes the
research done before and after the October Revolution. It also traces
the influence of politics on sociolectology and reviews in this
connection the work of a Bulgarian linguist on social dialects.