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“Durku Vklyuchili!” The Attitude of Russian Speakers in Ukraine Towards the Ukrainian Language and its Speakers

Vdovichenko, Susan E Crangle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211480658

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2008, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures.
Ukraine is a country divided by language, with speakers in the eastern half tending to speak Russian natively, and speakers in the west using Ukrainian as their native tongue. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian was perceived as a language for peasants and people with little education. When the official language of the country was changed from Russian to Ukrainian in 1991, tensions between speakers escalated. Seventeen years after the change, stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes still appear in public discourse. This paper explores internet forums and other print media for evidence of prevailing attitudes that Russian speakers in Ukraine have toward the Ukrainian language and its speakers, and how those attitudes may be changing through time; negative stereotypes are easily found, but as the new generation of school children speaks Ukrainian as the language of education, those stereotypes are slowly diminishing.
Charles Gribble, PhD (Advisor)
Brian Joseph, PhD (Committee Member)
Daniel Collins, PhD (Committee Member)
45 p.
Linguistics
Ukraine; Russian; Ukrainian; Language Ideology

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  • Vdovichenko, S. E. C. (2008). “Durku Vklyuchili!” The Attitude of Russian Speakers in Ukraine Towards the Ukrainian Language and its Speakers [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211480658

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Vdovichenko, Susan. “Durku Vklyuchili!” The Attitude of Russian Speakers in Ukraine Towards the Ukrainian Language and its Speakers. 2008. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211480658.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Vdovichenko, Susan. "“Durku Vklyuchili!” The Attitude of Russian Speakers in Ukraine Towards the Ukrainian Language and its Speakers." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211480658

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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