МОВНА ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ ЕТНІЧНИХ СПІЛЬНОТ У КОНТЕКСТІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВНОЇ СИТУАЦІЇ
LANGUAGE IDENTITY OF ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE SITUATION

Summary/Abstract: The article outlines the main sociolinguistic parameters of collective language identity.The role of such constructs as ethnicity, statehood, linguistic and cultural value is considered in termsof the formation of language identity. The approach to the analysis here was chosen with taking accountof the post-totalitarian specifics of the language situation in Ukraine. The correlation betweenethnolanguage and national language identity has been traced. Determinants such as language status,language vitality, sociolinguistic capacity of communities and institutional support are takeninto consideration. The importance of language management and language planning in the countryand innovative principles of European language policies (language tolerance, language integration,preservation of endangered languages and emphasis on language rights) are underlined as points ofreference for focusing on the language identity of ethnic communities. Theoretical substantiation ofthe concepts “ethnolinguistic identity” and “national (state) language identity” is offered.

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