Linguacide as the destruction of the aesthetic world of Ukrainian Cover Image

Лінгвоцид як руйнація естетичного світу українства
Linguacide as the destruction of the aesthetic world of Ukrainian

Author(s): Valentyna Moskalyuk
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Eastern Slavic Languages, Philosophy of Language, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: linguacide; the assimilation; the aesthetic consciousness; the aesthetic space of the national world; mentality; the aesthetics of the world outlook; the system of values; the way of being;

Summary/Abstract: The article researches the conscious and purposeful act of linguacide, which was conducted against the Ukrainian people and its language. The attempts of the assimilation of the Ukrainian language in the «dominating», «great Russian language», destruction of the original aesthetics of the world outlook of the Ukrainians are studied in the article. The article is based on the works of Kostomarov, Afanasiev-Chuzhbinskyj, Dragomanov, Ivanishyn, Radevych-Vinnytskyj, L. Kostenko. The article persuasively proves that linguacide is an antiaesthetic phenomena. It is an attempt of destruction of national aesthetic consciousness of the ethnos.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 10-15
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian