THE CYRILLIC AND THE LATIN ALPHABETS: “ALPHABETICAL WAR” AND ACTUALIZATION OF LATIN LETTERS IN MODERN UKRAINIAN DISCOURSE Cover Image

КИРИЛИЦЯ — ЛАТИНИЦЯ: “АЗБУЧНА ВІЙНА” ТА АКТУАЛІЗАЦІЯ ЛІТЕР ЛАТИНСЬКОГО АЛФАВІТУ В СУЧАСНОМУ УКРАЇНСЬКОМУ ДИСКУРСІ
THE CYRILLIC AND THE LATIN ALPHABETS: “ALPHABETICAL WAR” AND ACTUALIZATION OF LATIN LETTERS IN MODERN UKRAINIAN DISCOURSE

Author(s): Lilia Sobol
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an analysis of the discussion about borrowing the Latin alphabet and replacing the Cyrillic alphabet with it, in which Ukrainian linguists were engaged in the 19th century. It is stated in the article that the debates regarding the status and form of the Ukrainian-Latin alphabet still continue at present, since Latin letters are frequently used to actualize nominations from other languages and create linguistic play on words in the Ukrainian discourse.

  • Issue Year: 5/2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 195-203
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Ukrainian