To the origins of making and development of the Ukrainian linguistic triple-code (the Russian language – surzhyk – Ukrainian language)

The article analyses the Ukrainian linguistic situation, which is characterised by the factual triple coding: the Russian language, the Ukrainian language, and a peculiar phenomenon of transitional nature, the so called surzhyk. Alongside with its purely linguistic characteristics, the article considers extra-linguistic causes of emergence of this phenomenon. The study touches the problem of inter-linguistic convergence of two closely related languages, and the question of the influence of one language on the other, determined by both linguistic, and extra-linguistic factors, first and foremost by the issue of prestige of use of one or another linguistic code.

Keywords

Ukrainian, Russian, surzhyk, language code, language shift, the Ukrainian language situation, Russian-Ukrainian bilingualism, language transfer, inter-Slavic homonymy

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. The project “Conducting a comprehensive sociolinguistic study of the role and functions of the Russian language in the Ukrainian multilingual space and description of the position of the Russian language in the modern language situation in Ukraine” (No. 18-012-00754; IAS code 31.15.69.2018).

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20.12.2018

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20.12.2018

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GOST	Khmelevsky M., Savchenko A. To the origins of making and development of the Ukrainian linguistic triple-code (the Russian language – surzhyk – Ukrainian language) // Slavianovedenie – 2018. – Issue 6 C. 47-59 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://slav.jes.su/S0869544X0001764-3-1 (circulation date: 18.03.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0001764-3
MLA	Khmelevsky, M., Savchenko, A. "To the origins of making and development of the Ukrainian linguistic triple-code (the Russian language – surzhyk – Ukrainian language)." Slavianovedenie 6 (2018):47-59. DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0001764-3
APA	Khmelevsky M., Savchenko A. (2018). To the origins of making and development of the Ukrainian linguistic triple-code (the Russian language – surzhyk – Ukrainian language). Slavianovedenie (6), pp.47-59 DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0001764-3

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