СТАТУС УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВИ В КОНТЕКСТІ БАГАТОМОВНОСТІ: ДЕЯКІ АСПЕКТИ
UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTILINGUALISM: SELECTED ISSUES

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the situation of Ukrainian language in contemporarymulticultural societies. Selected issues present traditional ways of developing, existence andmaintenance of the language in its home country and abroad. Sociolinguistic studies of this problemare very important for the coherent view of language developing processes. The aim of the paper is torepresent the place of Ukrainian in the context of multilingualism of the modern world and to comparesuch definitions as bilingualism, mother tongue, heritage language, target language, first languageand second language in different languages (English, Polish and Ukrainian) with reference toUkrainian. One of the main research issues is comparing of lingual situation of Ukrainian in diasporain different countries and its meaning for representatives of different waves of emigration. Meaningthe language for each next generation, consequences of the language interference, ways ofmaintenance are the main issues interesting not just for linguists, but for sociologists so far.

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