v Ukraine : na Ukraine

[Steven Young]

Martin's remarks seem right on the mark.

Now for the somewhat related question of "v Ukraine" vs. "na Ukraine."  A
quick Google (na russkom) search shows 2.950,000 hits in favor of "v," and
2,890,000 for "na."  Do intuitions for Russian speakers (sorry, I don't
have a background in Ukrainian) also fall out along the lines of "region"
(na) and "sovereign state" (v)?  Does the same issue arise in Ukrainian?

Steve.

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Steven Young
Associate Professor of Russian & Linguistics
Deparment of Modern Languages & Linguistics
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Tel.  410-455-2117

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