The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian Realities
The article analyses the situational change in the language behaviour (code switching) of representatives from different regions of Ukraine based on the data of a statistically significant mass survey of the adult population of different regions in 2017. The dependence of language behaviour on the...
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Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
2022-12-01
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The article analyses the situational change in the language behaviour (code switching) of representatives from different regions of Ukraine based on the data of a statistically significant mass survey of the adult population of different regions in 2017. The dependence of language behaviour on the language situation in a region is confirmed and certain patterns inherent in each of the regions are revealed. The use of the Ukrainian language has a similar dependence on the language situation in all regions, but at different levels: it is used more often when communicating with Ukrainian-speakers, officials, in education, etc. It is rarely used in the information sphere. The connection between the degree of Russification of a certain territory and the laws of language choice in a particular situation is revealed. The articles proposes using the results of mass surveys to study language behaviour through the prism of territorial features, which will help to pursue a balanced state language policy, adjusting tactics in accordance with regional language features.
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| spelling | doaj.art-00f70bc0258c4add8382788eed6c58bc2023-10-26T16:01:15ZengInstitute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesCognitive Studies | Études cognitives2392-23972022-12-012210.11649/cs.2649The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian RealitiesSvitlana Sokolova0Інститут української мови Національної академії наук України [Institute for Ukrainian Language, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine], Kyiv The article analyses the situational change in the language behaviour (code switching) of representatives from different regions of Ukraine based on the data of a statistically significant mass survey of the adult population of different regions in 2017. The dependence of language behaviour on the language situation in a region is confirmed and certain patterns inherent in each of the regions are revealed. The use of the Ukrainian language has a similar dependence on the language situation in all regions, but at different levels: it is used more often when communicating with Ukrainian-speakers, officials, in education, etc. It is rarely used in the information sphere. The connection between the degree of Russification of a certain territory and the laws of language choice in a particular situation is revealed. The articles proposes using the results of mass surveys to study language behaviour through the prism of territorial features, which will help to pursue a balanced state language policy, adjusting tactics in accordance with regional language features. https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/cs-ec/article/view/2649code switchingUkrainian–Russian bilingualismmass surveyterritorial featureslanguage compensationlanguage adaptation |
| spellingShingle | Svitlana Sokolova The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian Realities Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives code switching Ukrainian–Russian bilingualism mass survey territorial features language compensation language adaptation |
| title | The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian Realities |
| title_full | The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian Realities |
| title_fullStr | The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian Realities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian Realities |
| title_short | The Problem of Choosing the Language of Communication: Ukrainian Realities |
| title_sort | problem of choosing the language of communication ukrainian realities |
| topic | code switching Ukrainian–Russian bilingualism mass survey territorial features language compensation language adaptation |
| url | https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/cs-ec/article/view/2649 |
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