The Ukrainian Language in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (1900-1941): Its State and Status

Sydorenko, Halyna; Shevelov, George Y.

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“…The majority of Ukrainian and foreign sociolinguists emphasize that a holistic study of the language situation in a region or country is possible only through a comprehensive analysis, since the functioning of languages is somehow related to a number of factors (cultural-historical, socio-political, demographic). In this regard, we support the opinion of Danylevska (2019), which deserves attention studies of Dzyuba (2005) "Internationalism or Russification" (1965), and Shevelyov (1987) "Ukrainian language in the first half of the 20th century : state and status", analytical materials based on the results of the project "Language policy in Ukraine: anthropological, linguistic aspects and further perspectives", carried out with the support of INTAS (2008).…”

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Language situation in Kyiv at the beginning of the 21st century: the material of a mass survey in the mobile application ”Kyiv Digital”

Boiko,

Vintoniv

2023

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This article is devoted to the problem of analyzing the current language situation in Kyiv. The research has been carried out on the basis of the latest sociolinguistic survey in the \"Kyiv Digital\" application, which was conducted in January 2023. The total number of respondents is 67,212. The linguistic behavior of Kyiv residents has been analyzed to reveal their attitudes towards language related problems to characterize their views on the use of the Ukrainian and Russian languages today and in the future. The aim of the article is to highlight the results of the analysis of the language situation in the city of Kyiv using modern digital technologies. To achieve the goal, the following research methods have been used: 1) theoretical: systematic analysis of linguistic and sociological literature; historical-genetic method; methods of mathematical statistics; 2) empirical: surveys in the \"Kyiv digital\" application; observation. It has been found out that the majority of residents of the city of Kyiv have no understanding of the essence of language conflicts, and are not familiar with the legislative consolidation of those provisions related to the state language. The position of the Ukrainian language has already begun to improve after the Revolution of Dignity. Since the full-scale invasion of the aggressor, many people have been switching from Russian to Ukrainian and developing the Ukrainian cultural environment. Over the last decade, a steady increase has been observed in the number of Kyivans who consider Ukrainian their native language: from 57% in 2012 to 86% of the total number of respondents in 2022. The introduction of digital technologies to assess the linguistic situation allows to quickly analyze a significant amount of statistical data and draw conclusions about the real state of functioning of languages in society. We have singled out the following main advantages of using modern digital technologies for the analysis and assessment of the language situation: 1) the reduction of time for data collection and processing; 2) the possibility of involving a large number of participants without personal contact; 3) the potential possible to trace the dynamics of the development of the issue. However, this methodology also has its disadvantages: 1) respondents' depersonalization; 2) the inaccuracy of answers occurs when there is no contact between the interviewee and the interviewer. It has been proven that they do not significantly affect the results of the survey, which allows to recognize this technique as effective and efficient.

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Language situation in Kyiv at the beginning of the 21st century: the material of a mass survey in the mobile application ”Kyiv Digital”

Boiko,

Vintoniv

2023

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“…As a rule, the aim of language planning is characterised in a positive way: the development of a language, the expansion of its areas of functioning, its establishment as an official language, the prevention of language conflicts, etc. However, the study of the language planning in Ukraine in the period between 1933-1991(Shevelov, 1989Masenko, 2004;Karunyk, 2017 among others) demonstrate that its objective can be negative, namely the displacement of the language from the communicative medium of the social community or changing its corpus in order to unify it with another language.…”

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Verbalisation of an alternative academic position in totalitarian discourse

Kobchenko

2023

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Background. In Soviet Ukraine, academic discourse often acted as a means of implementing language planning, in particular as a tool for the transformation of the language corpus. All grammar textbooks published after 1933 broadcast the official knowledge: the vocative is not a full-fledged case, but rather a special form of address; morphological means of expressing address in Ukrainian are the “vocative form” and “nominative case.” In the conditions of total control over all areas of social life, Ukrainian linguists were faced with a choice of either 1) look for certain language devices, broadcasting the official theory, which would convince the addressee to believe in the talking points that did not fully comply with the language facts, and then anchor those points in their consciousness; 2) avoid aspects that disagree with the language practice or the logic of academic description; 3) word the findings of their research and observations of the language practice in a way that would not contradict the official theory.Contribution to the research field. The article is dedicated to the analysis of the communication practices used by Ukrainian linguists in the Soviet times to express their academic position, which did not agree with official knowledge. The object of comprehension was a unique for postcolonial societies situation in which the creators of both the official discourse and the alternative discourse opposed to it were the colonised themselves.Purpose. The aim of this research is to analyse ways and means of verbalisation of the alternative academic position held by linguists in the academic discourse of the totalitarian era, based on the materials representing the topics “The Case System” and “Address” in Ukrainian grammar books for higher education, published between 1933–1991.Methods. The research is based on the theoretical and methodological foundations of postcolonial studies, which involve a critical reading of texts that reflect the influence of various forms of authority on the life of subordinate communities. In particular, the theory of critical reading of J. Errimgton’s linguistic works and R. Vodaks’ methodology of discourse-historical approach, which has been adapted for academic discourse analysis, have been applied in this research.Results. Some linguists, who did not share the canonised theory of the vocative, implied their point of view in the official texts they had created (i.e. textbooks for higher education.) On the one hand, they used official terminology and theoretical concepts: they were consistent in naming the vocative case a “vocative form,” and presented two ways of expressing address. On the other hand, the lexical and grammatical structure of their statements levelled the postulates regarding the fact that “vocative is not a case”, and that “the nominative case is used to express address on par with the vocative.” Among the techniques used by the linguists, heavily euphemistic speech in combination with syntactic complication of the structure prevailed, as well as splitting nominations by verbalising the concept with variant naming and violation of logical connections between consecutive statements. Such individual practices of linguistic resistance replicated the practices of the official totalitarian discourse, but with the aim to broadcast the opposite meaning.Discussion. The peculiarity of the alternative academic discourse (in particular, the language education one) of the totalitarian era lies in the fact that it did not directly confront the official theory, but rather occurred within its boundaries. This gives a reason to consider some Ukrainian linguists of the Soviet period as creators of both colonial and anti-colonial discourses.

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Ukrainian Language as a Means of Unification of Society and a Factor of National Security of Ukraine

Kravchenko

2022

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The article highlights the leading role of language in the formation of society through the analysis of its main functions, namely: communication, impact on a person, consolidation of citizens, the formation of national identity. This work analyses the relationship between the change of the language policy vector in Ukraine towards Ukrainian centricity and the strengthening of the Ukrainian language functioning in various spheres. The article raises the issue of the role of language as one of the important factors of national security of Ukraine. The role of the language issue in the Russian occupation of a part of Ukraine as a result of a hybrid war is exemplified. An integral part of this hybrid war is a change in worldview and a change in the national code of the inhabitants of the occupied territories. Based on our sociolinguistic opinion poll of 230 military officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, conducted in 2019, it was specified that among a number of markers of national identity, officers chose a common language. 54 % of respondents gave five points out of five possible to the marker of “common language”, and 20 % gave it four points. 88 % of respondents called the Ukrainian language as one of the main unifying tools in the formation of civil society in Ukraine, and 94,5 % believed that only the Ukrainian language should be the state language in Ukraine. It is important that military officers, born in different parts of Ukraine (and some far beyond its borders) and currently serving in different regions of the country, took part in the opinion poll. It allows us to affirm that officers understand the role of the Ukrainian language as a nation-building factor that is able to unite people in order to defend their country.

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The Ukrainian Language in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (1900-1941): Its State and Status

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Language situation in Kyiv at the beginning of the 21st century: the material of a mass survey in the mobile application ”Kyiv Digital”

Language situation in Kyiv at the beginning of the 21st century: the material of a mass survey in the mobile application ”Kyiv Digital”

Verbalisation of an alternative academic position in totalitarian discourse

Ukrainian Language as a Means of Unification of Society and a Factor of National Security of Ukraine

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