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The Politics of Language in Wartime Ukraine
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Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many Ukrainians who grew up speaking Russian are now making the shift to Ukrainian. But what’s motivating this shift? How does language feature more largely in Russia’s war against Ukraine? And what’s been the impact of centuries of Russification, and the suppression of the Ukrainian language and identity, on present-day Ukraine?
In this episode of The Secret Life of Language, we delve into these questions with the insights of historian Dr Iryna Skubii and linguist Dr Natalia Kudriavtseva, exploring the complexities of the language question in Ukraine. We also talk to two young Ukrainians, Amina and Volodymyr, about their lived experiences between the two languages. Presented by Dr Olga Maxwell.
The Secret Life of Language is a podcast from the University of Melbourne’s School of Languages and Linguistics. This episode was produced by Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param of Profactual, Gavin Nebauer, and Olga Maxwell.
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Credits (00:01:37)
3. The context: Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism (00:09:13)
4. The myth of the Russian speaker (00:15:18)
5. Language and identity in times of war (00:20:42)
6. The Ukrainian language and its development (00:23:52)
7. The echoes of colonial past: Russification (00:29:31)
8. Ukraine’s fight for independence in the early 20th century (00:33:05)
9. Language policies in Soviet Ukraine and the ‘Executed Renaissance’ (00:35:37)
10. The Holodomor (1932-1933) (00:40:04)
11. Language choice: Ukrainians abandoning the Russian language (00:42:49)
12. Surzhyk: mixed Ukrainian-Russian speech (00:46:02)
13. Ukraine’s cultural (self)-decolonisation (00:48:50)
14. In conversation with Amina and Volodymyr (00:51:04)
15. Outlook for Ukraine’s linguistic future (00:57:49)
23 episodes
Manage episode 401723439 series 2709328
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many Ukrainians who grew up speaking Russian are now making the shift to Ukrainian. But what’s motivating this shift? How does language feature more largely in Russia’s war against Ukraine? And what’s been the impact of centuries of Russification, and the suppression of the Ukrainian language and identity, on present-day Ukraine?
In this episode of The Secret Life of Language, we delve into these questions with the insights of historian Dr Iryna Skubii and linguist Dr Natalia Kudriavtseva, exploring the complexities of the language question in Ukraine. We also talk to two young Ukrainians, Amina and Volodymyr, about their lived experiences between the two languages. Presented by Dr Olga Maxwell.
The Secret Life of Language is a podcast from the University of Melbourne’s School of Languages and Linguistics. This episode was produced by Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param of Profactual, Gavin Nebauer, and Olga Maxwell.
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Credits (00:01:37)
3. The context: Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism (00:09:13)
4. The myth of the Russian speaker (00:15:18)
5. Language and identity in times of war (00:20:42)
6. The Ukrainian language and its development (00:23:52)
7. The echoes of colonial past: Russification (00:29:31)
8. Ukraine’s fight for independence in the early 20th century (00:33:05)
9. Language policies in Soviet Ukraine and the ‘Executed Renaissance’ (00:35:37)
10. The Holodomor (1932-1933) (00:40:04)
11. Language choice: Ukrainians abandoning the Russian language (00:42:49)
12. Surzhyk: mixed Ukrainian-Russian speech (00:46:02)
13. Ukraine’s cultural (self)-decolonisation (00:48:50)
14. In conversation with Amina and Volodymyr (00:51:04)
15. Outlook for Ukraine’s linguistic future (00:57:49)
23 episodes
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