The Names of Drugs of the Cannabis Group in the Criminal Subculture (on the Example of Russian and English Slang)
Purpose: semantic and functional research of Russian and English slang words denoting marijuana and hashish obtained from cannabis in the criminal drug subculture. Research method: based on the key laws and categories of the dialectical method of cognition, as well as on formal-logical, deductive, inductive and structural-semantic methods, the authors consider the features of stratifying corporate language-making in relation to the names of drugs of the cannabis group. The material for the study was the data of both sociological surveys and modern lexicographic literature. Conclusions: based on the research, the authors conclude that it is necessary to carry out applied linguistic researches of the discursive features of the drug mini society, for it is the language that directly reflects the inhuman orientation of the drug subculture, its destructive philosophy and ideology. Scientific and practical significance: the results of the study of Russian and English drug words of the cannabis group can be used in the process of creating a general discourse-linguistic picture of the phenomenon of the criminal drug subculture within the framework of such scientific areas as drug criminology, linguocriminology and linguocriminalistics, which will activate the process of combating narcotism and drug addiction as well as help to classify a separate drug crime in a legally sound manner and carry out preventive measures at the general social level from the point of view of the legal Russian statehood and accepted moral and ethical behavioral norms.