ДЕРЖАВНА МОВА ЯК ФАКТОР ЄДНАННЯ В УМОВАХ ЗБЕРЕЖЕННЯ МУЛЬТИЛІНГВАЛЬНОГО РОЗМАЇТТЯ СУЧАСНОЇ УКРАЇНИ
STATE LANGUAGE AS A CONSOLIDATING FACTOR IN VIEW OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE MULTILINGUAL DIVERSITY IN MODERN UKRAINE

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an overview of the lingual situation in Ukraine, in theTranscarpathian region in particular, within the time span of a year since the law On education(September 2017) was ratified till the adoption of the draft of the law whose aim is to ensurefunctioning of Ukrainian as the state language. The status of Ukrainian as a state language isconsidered in the closest connection with socio-political phenomena in the country and the wholeworld. The analysis of deep and formalized interviews with different categories of respondentsconducted during this period sheds light on the process of language selection in the field of education,in particular as a sign of cultural and political development of contemporary Ukrainian society in itswesternmost part — Transcarpathia.

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