Professionalism in the speech of morgue workers

This article is devoted to the study of professionalisms in the speech of morgue workers. This vocabulary is a vivid, representative material for understanding not only the concept of "death" itself, but also the attitude to it through the prism of language of those people who are associated with death on duty. The analyzed vocabulary is specific, cynical and even cruel, which is a consequence of non-standard morally difficult work. The study of professionalisms in the speech of morgue workers is of interest to linguistics, since it allows to expand the understanding of the mechanisms of formation and functioning of special vocabulary in highly specialized areas of activity. Also, the study of professional speech allows to better understand the psychological and social aspects of work in the morgue, which actualizes the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of forensic discourse. In this study, both general scientific methods (analysis and synthesis) and linguistic methods (the method of contextual and semantic-stylistic analysis, the method of interpretation) were used. The research material was also obtained using the interview technique. The scientific novelty consists in identifying the functions of professionalisms that are not limited to simply reducing the time of communication, but include specific goals (for example, maintaining emotional balance, ensuring accuracy and unambiguity in the description of procedures). Unlike works devoted to medical vocabulary in general, this article focuses on a specific segment of professional speech associated with the peculiarities of work in the morgue. The theoretical part of the work is a scientific review of the topic under study, with special attention paid to the works of recent years. The practical part of the article is devoted to the description of the meanings of words that represent groups of professional vocabulary of morgue employees.

professionalism, vocabulary of morgue workers, morgue, mortality, professional vocabulary, informant, medical discourse, forensic medical discourse, professional communication, medical jargon