TY - JOUR AU - Csernicsko, Istvan PY - 2011/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The linguistic aspects of the Ukrainian educational policy JF - Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics JA - ESUKA-JEFUL VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.05 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/jeful.2011.2.1.05 SP - 75-91 AB - <p><span style="left: 214.56px; top: 231.381px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.945709);"> In accordance with the Constitution and the Law of </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 251.54px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.950221);">Ukraine on Languages, </span><span style="left: 321.359px; top: 251.54px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.907437);">de jure </span><span style="left: 379.559px; top: 251.54px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.950142);">Ukraine is a monolingual state. </span><span style="left: 141.718px; top: 271.699px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01727);">However, Ukraine </span><span style="left: 283.439px; top: 271.699px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02093);">de facto</span><span style="left: 343.198px; top: 271.699px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0237);"> is multilingual. The Ukrainian state </span><span style="left: 141.718px; top: 291.98px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.953603);">language policy would like to solve the discrepancy between the </span><span style="left: 597.118px; top: 291.98px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.968953);">de </span><span style="left: 141.718px; top: 312.139px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0105);">jure </span><span style="left: 176.878px; top: 312.139px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.951322);">and the</span><span style="left: 231.959px; top: 312.139px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.891343);"> de facto </span><span style="left: 304.559px; top: 312.139px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.938491);">situation in such a way that the language </span><span style="left: 141.718px; top: 332.298px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01431);">situation of the country should be harmonized with the codified </span><span style="left: 141.718px; top: 352.458px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.970025);">legal situation. Namely, the unspoken aim is to turn Ukraine into a </span><span style="left: 141.718px; top: 372.617px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.968625);">practically monolingual, a </span><span style="left: 332.039px; top: 372.617px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.965463);">de facto</span><span style="left: 388.679px; top: 372.617px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.970851);"> Ukrainian-speaking state. Edu</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 392.776px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00341);">cation is seen as ideal means to achieve these aims. At the given </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 412.936px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00221);">paper this will be supported by a lot of evidence. Thus, Ukraine,</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 433.095px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.976244);">instead of fostering the present day ethnic and linguistic diversity, </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 453.254px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00348);">pursues the state model that is colourful from the ethnic point of </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 473.414px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01236);">view but homogeneous linguistically. The data presented in this </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 493.573px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.964679);">study highlight the fact that this process involves heavy losses also </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 513.732px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.975217);">for the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia</span></p> ER -