Russian-Ukrainian-Polish Triligualism of Russian Speaking Ukrainians Living in Poland Cover Image

Trójjęzyczność rosyjsko-ukraińsko-polska rosyjskojęzycznych Ukraińców mieszkających w Polsce
Russian-Ukrainian-Polish Triligualism of Russian Speaking Ukrainians Living in Poland

Author(s): Pavlo Levchuk
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition, Comparative Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: bilingualism;multilingualism;Russian language;Ukrainian language;Polish language;sociolinguistics;language situation;second language learning

Summary/Abstract: The following article presents the linguistic situation of russophone Ukrainians after migrating to Poland. Despite using Russian language as their first language the respondents are not culturally attached to Russia in any way and treat their first language as a means of communication. After coming to Poland, Ukrainian language loses its communicative values, which are gained by Polish instead.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 162
  • Page Range: 208-218
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish