The aim of this study is to explore a specific part of the Czech lexis – the lexical items used by individuals who have experience with drug use and abuse. The article attempts to offer an answer to the question of whether drug users, distributors and producers attempt to conceal the meaning of their communication due to the illegality of their activities. In order to gain a more specific insight into this general notion, the first part of the study explores the motivation of word-formation in two specific semantic fields – selected types of narcotic and psychoactive substances and production of one type of narcotic. The second part of the study then moves on to assess the answers to questions regarding the cryptic function of the language of drug users.
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The article presents the results of a questionnaire-based survey conducted by the author. The respondents were elite detectives from the Czech Republic’s anti-corruption squad. The primary aim of the survey was to determine the function of the profession-specific language used by officers from this squad. The secondary aim was to either confirm or reject the hypothesis that the cryptic function of language plays an important role in these officers’ communication. The research found that the officers did not in fact use specific lexical items primarily in an attempt to conceal the meaning of their communication, rather, far more important factors were the principle of linguistic economy and the respondents’ desire to express their professional identity as members of the police force.
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