Lecture: Is swearing a decline of language or its most ancient layer?

March 7 at 6:00 PM in the Russian Library — lecture 18+ on the most taboo layer of Russian speech

— Is it true that the Mongols brought swearing to Rus'?
— What is the most terrible curse word?
— Why are there constant attempts to ban swearing—and is it really possible?
— What is the connection between the mythological dog and the main swear phrase?

Of course, we'll discuss the history of the four main taboo words, without which it's hard to imagine the Russian language.

Speaker:
Ksenia Demeneva, PhD in Philology, visiting lecturer at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Nizhny Novgorod, coordinator of the "Non-Dictation. Children" campaign from the Total Dictation Foundation, and children's writer.

A conversation about culture, history, and language awaits you—without hypocrisy and with a scholarly perspective.

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