Online language use and identity of Ukrainian diaspora in Germany
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2021
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Науковий керівник
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КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського
Анотація
This article studies the language use and identity of Ukrainian communities in Germany on the
websites and in online social media. Since 2014, the conflict in the East of Ukraine has led to a
remarkably large and intense flow of Ukrainian migrants to Western Europe and Germany in particular
giving rise to longstanding issues of identity formation and language use both within Ukraine and inside
Ukrainian diaspora communities around the globe. This article examines Ukrainian diaspora in Germany
on the subject of language ideologies, practices and identity shaping by analyzing its linguistic online
activity. To do so, our analysis draws on a range of interdisciplinary methodologies, including studies of
descriptive reporting of diaspora’s online discussions, its language practices and attitudes, and studies of
discursive constructions of nationhood, which explore language indexing in relation to national identity
negotiation. It is stated that Ukrainian is used as the default language on websites and in social media
communication, and is central in those interactions (German and Russian are used to considerably lesser
degrees). As the analysis demonstrated, it is rather difficult to find a vast breadth of sources where
speakers used language code-switching. However, there appeared to be more use of code-switching
and linguistic variety on Facebook groups (mostly between Russian and Ukrainian languages) than
websites, perhaps because the latter two are viewed as being slightly archaic for communication
purposes of the community.
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identity, language use, primary language, social media, Ukrainian diaspora, ідентичність, використання мови, основна мова, соціальні медіа, українська діаспора
Бібліографічний опис
Kuznietsova, A. Online language use and identity of Ukrainian diaspora in Germany / Anastasiia Kuznietsova // Advanced Linguistics. – 2021. – № 7. – Pр. 4-11. – Bibliogr.: 13 ref.