Pavlo Żytec’kyj and Aleksej A. Šachmatov on language ideology and the status of the Ukrainian language
Pavlo Żytec’kyj and Aleksej A. Šachmatov on language ideology and the status of the Ukrainian language

Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with some letters from P.I. Zhiteckij and A.A. Shachmatov from thebeginning of the 20th c. related to Ukrainian Bible translations. The language arguments ofthe correspondence are analyzed within the framework of linguistic views of the 19th centuryon the issue of a ‘national language’. It is seen, that both linguists are arguing within a commondiscourse, although proposing different answers to the question, whether the Ukraine should receivepolitical independence.The article is concerned with some letters from P.I. Zhiteckij and A.A. Shachmatov from the beginning of the 20th c. related to Ukrainian Bible translations. The language arguments of the correspondence are analyzed within the framework of linguistic views of the 19th century on the issue of a ‘national language’. It is seen, that both linguists are arguing within a common discourse, although proposing different answers to the question, whether the Ukraine should receive political independence.

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