LIBERAL-HYBRID MODEL OF LANGUAGE ISSUE IN THE LAW OF UKRAINE «ON ENSURING THE FUNCTIONING OF UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AS A STATE LANGUAGE»
Journal: Opera in linguistica ukrainiana
Year: 2019

The language issue in Ukraine is not a matter of communication, but a matter of power and national existence. The centuries-old status of Ukraine as a colony has led to the colonial position of the language of titular nation, however, despite the unsurmountable socio-political circumstances, it was the language that replaced the lack of sovereignty and provided conditions for the revival of Ukrainians as ethnonation. Scientific consideration of the adopted language law is of a primary importance