Language legislation in the era of independence: sociolinguistic dimension

Valentyna Kozak; Viktoriia Posmitna; Svitlana Shutenko; Anzhelika Leshchenko; Viktoriia Romaniuk

doi:10.34069/AI/2023.68.08.27

Valentyna Kozak Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0121-4949
Viktoriia Posmitna Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8719-1767
Svitlana Shutenko National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3022-3542
Anzhelika Leshchenko Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5871-0871
Viktoriia Romaniuk Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-4081

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.68.08.27

Keywords: language processes, minority languages, diglossia, language equality, sociolinguistic representations, and ideologies.

Abstract

The objective of the paper is to examine the sociolinguistic dimension of language legislation in Ukraine. The study focuses on the impact of the “language issue” on Ukrainian society in the context of war as well as to analyse linguistic representations, ideologies, and attitudes and their impact on the linguistic behaviour of Ukrainians. A resource for activating interpersonal solidarity and resistance to the enemy, and for modulating the manifestation of individual positions in macrosociological and political relations that may arise in the process of interaction. With the help of a critical approach to the theoretical guidelines of the study the role of language legislation in shaping language policy and regulating the use of languages in various spheres of life is analysed. The issues of linguistic equality, diglossia, and language policy in relation to minority languages are considered. The most important issue of the paper is that the language legislation of the independence era in Ukraine is of great importance for the sociolinguistic development of society. In times of war, it affects language processes, language policy, and the total transition to the state language.

Excluding the language of the enemy, however, does not mean levelling all languages. It is important to strike a balance between protecting the language rights of citizens and preserving linguistic diversity in the country.

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Author Biographies

Valentyna Kozak, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Philology, Docent, Department of Language Training, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Viktoriia Posmitna, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Language Training, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Svitlana Shutenko, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Head of the Department of Legal Linguistics, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Anzhelika Leshchenko, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Lecturer, Department of Language Training, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Viktoriia Romaniuk, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Language Training, Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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