The aim of the paper is to analyse the elements of the corpus of the regional units which denote drinks, as well as to characterise traditions that are linked to the consumption of local alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. ...

The choice of vocabulary in the teaching and language learning process is one of the key problems of language didactics. Lexical competence and its development are perceived by teachers and students as a priority. What ...

In this paper, I will analyse slang terms related to different types of drinks in the lyrics of songs and in the French-argot dictionary (with Léon Drouin de Bercy) by famous French singer, writer, and cabaret owner Aristide ...

The novel Broken Glass (2005) by a Franco-Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou was translated into Polish by Jacek Giszczak under the title Kielonek in 2008. The plot of the novel is set in a bar, hence the richness and ...

In this paper, I wish to present the analysis of collocations DET N1`de1` N2 in French, which is usually used to denote small or minimal amounts of a liquid. Dictionary paraphrases of the collocation referring to a ‘small ...

Binge drinking is a phenomenon of excessive alcohol use that is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide, mainly among young people. The purpose of binge drinking, already known officially as beuverie express in French, ...

Youth language is a variant of the ‘standard’ language and as such is used by peers and is part of a diastratic variation of the language. The use of a specific sociolect by young speakers of a given language is a sign of ...

The last decades  of the 19th century marked  the beginning of  scientific research devoted  to Bulgarian sociolects, especially to the secret slangs of craftsmen: masons, shoemakers, street musicians, beggars, and petty ...

At first glance, it may seem surprising that Denis Poulot’s book, titled Question sociale. Le Sublime ou le travailleur tel qu’il est en 1870, et ce qu’il peut être (1870), can be taken into consideration for an argot ...