Prostitutes and Criminal Argots

Abstract

Current linguistic field work among prostitutes indicates that they have developed relatively little of te professional argot so characteristic of other criminal professions. This situation is explained in terms of the underworld setup in which prostitutes work and in the light of certain social, economic, and psychological factors which normally enter into argot-formation.

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