[lg policy] Ukrainian speakers in eastern Ukraine

[Davyth Hicks]

Thanks a lot, very helpful for us here.

Bridget, is it possible to see your research?

All the best,

Davyth Hicks
Eurolang/ ELEN

On 24/02/2014 15:35, Harold Schiffman wrote:
> Forwarded  From: Bridget Goodman <bgoodman at gse.upenn.edu 
> <mailto:bgoodman at gse.upenn.edu>>
>
>
> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:12:12 -0500
>  RE: lgpolicy-list Digest, Vol 58, Issue 21
>
> Hi,
>
> As someone who has done research on the sociolinguistics of Ukraine and
> its relationship to educational practices, I just want to add that the map
> Professor Schiffman has shared shows the general tendencies in the 
> country.
> However, there are also villages in eastern Ukraine where Ukrainian is
> predominantly spoken. In fact, one of the main dialectal sources of the
> Ukrainian language is Poltava, which is in "Yanukovych country." In
> addition, there is a minority in cities in the east that supports European
> integration, as evidenced by the demonstrations and toppling of Lenin
> monuments.  The parallel in the U.S. context is the difference between
> red/blue state maps by state and by county.  The key difference, perhaps,
> is that Russophone Ukrainians are more likely to support relationships
> with both Europe and Russia, whereas Ukrainian-speaking nationalists in
> Western Ukraine reject any ideology that suggests Ukraine and Russia are
> and should be connected.
>
> Bridget A. Goodman, Ph.D.
> Lecturer, Educational Linguistics Division
> Graduate School of Education
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3700 Walnut Street, 3rd Floor
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
> bgoodman at gse.upenn.edu <mailto:bgoodman at gse.upenn.edu>
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