Reflections on Postcolonial Linguistics and Рerspectives for the Language Situation in Ukraine

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dc.contributor.authorWingender, Monikaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-12T13:24:15Z
dc.date.available2026-01-12T13:24:15Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractBackground. Debates about postcolonialism and related terms, concepts and ideologies such as decommunization and de-Russification shape current societal, political and academic discourses in Ukraine. Contribution to the research field. With a focus on academic discourses, this article deals with postcolonial linguistics with regard to the language situation in Ukraine. Postcolonial linguistics is understood as an umbrella term for "language in postcolonial contexts" and "postcolonial approaches to the study of language" (Levisen & Sippola, 2019, p. 1) as well as (post)colonialistic practices in multilingual language situations. Against the background of this broad understanding of postcolonial linguistics, this paper focuses on language situation and language policy in connection with language ideologies. Purpose. The aim of this article is first to reflect on concepts of postcolonial linguistics and then to discuss the extent to which the language situation in Ukraine can be analyzed as a postcolonial language situation. The article also aims to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the postcolonial lens for analyzing the language situation in Ukraine and what the case of Ukraine contributes to postcolonial linguistics. To this end, Ukraine’s language situation is analyzed in more detail on the basis of two case studies. Herein the article deals with the Soviet language policy and with decommunization as well as de-Russification in Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Methods. The methodical approach and the material basis are literaturebased. Results. The article reveals numerous aspects of the language situation from a postcolonialistic perspective and also demonstrates that the postcolonial lens should only be one approach to analysis among others, as developments in language policy and language ideology are multifaceted.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWingender M. Reflections on Postcolonial Linguistics and Рerspectives for the Language Situation in Ukraine / Monika Wingender // Мова: класичне - модерне - постмодерне. - 2025. - Вип. 11 (спеціальний випуск). - С. 9-31. - https://doi.org/10.18523/lcmp2522-9281.2025.11.9-31en_US
dc.identifier.issn2522-9281
dc.identifier.issn2616-7115
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/38072
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18523/lcmp2522-9281.2025.11.9-31
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceМова: класичне - модерне - постмодернеuk_UA
dc.statusfirst publisheden_US
dc.subjectpostcolonial linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectlanguage ideologiesen_US
dc.subjectlanguage policyen_US
dc.subjectlanguage situationen_US
dc.subjectUkraineen_US
dc.subjectSoviet Unionen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleReflections on Postcolonial Linguistics and Рerspectives for the Language Situation in Ukraineen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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Випуск 11 (Спеціальний випуск)