Humour and Satire in Contemporary Ukrainian Political Discourse
Humour and Satire in Contemporary Ukrainian Political Discourse
Author(s): Valerii PolkovskySubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Slovanský ústav and Euroslavica
Keywords: Ukrainian language; Lexical innovations; political discourse; humour; satire
Summary/Abstract: The objective of the article is to demonstrate use of humour and satire in contemporary Ukrainian political discourse. A couple of observations have to be made regarding 1) the development of the Ukrainian language during independence, 2) major Western and Ukrainian publications on this issue as well as 3) peculiarities of post-totalitarian political discourse evidenced by the case of Ukraine. Ukraine has been undergoing tremendous political, economic, societal, educational transition on its road of building an independent state (see, for example, Isajiw 2003).
Journal: Slavia - časopis pro slovanskou filologii
- Issue Year: LXXX/2011
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 404-418
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
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