Language Situation in Post‐soviet Kyiv

• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 동유럽발칸연구소
• 저자명: Olena Shchegel
• 간행물 정보: 『동유럽발칸연구』동유럽연구 제27권, 161~183쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.09.25

영문 초록

This paper focuses on the language situation in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, twenty years after the country has become independent. It concentrates on perception of Russian and Ukrainian languages by Kyivites and makes special accent on their perception of such sociolinguistic phenomena as surzhyk. Through looking at the roots of surzhyk in Ukraine and using the data gathered through detailed survey conducted in Kyiv this paper distinguishes major tendencies among educated Kyivites in their perception of current language situation in Ukraine as well as their understanding and perception of surzhyk. Attention is focused on how linguists and common people understand surzhyk, and whether their approaches coincide. Also, the paper analyzes how Kyivites percept the situation of bilingualism that still exists in Kyiv even after twenty years of country’s independence and what their desires for future generations are from the point of view of language. The paper shows that despite the fact that after twenty years of independence the Ukrainian language still strives for taking its niche as the commonly spoken language in Ukraine, many Ukrainians (specifically Kyivites on whom this research concentrates) see it as a language of the future which can been clearly seen from their desire that their children speak the language. Moreover, the survey finds that Ukrainians strive for their language to be pure and correct which reveals itself from their perception and evaluation of surzhyk as impure language of poorly educated people.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Surzhyk in history and today

3. Language through the eyes of Kyivites

4. Conclusion

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키워드

surzhyk language situation in Ukraine Ukrainian Russian mixed language sociolinguistics