Сучасна мовна ситуація (на матеріалі масового опитування 2017 року)

Abstract

Статтю присвячено проблемі аналізу сучасної мовної ситуації в Україні. Дослідження здійснено на основі найновішого соціолінгвістичного опитування ТОВ «Перша рейтингова система», яке проводено в лютому 2017 року. Проаналізовано мовну поведінку мешканців різних міст України для виявлення їхнього ставлення до мовних проблем, а також схарактеризовано їхні погляди на використання української та російської мов сьогодні та у перспективі.

Background. Much research has been devoted to the problem of language situation. But in this study it has been analyzed on the basis of the newest sociolinguistic survey in 2017. The article “Modern language situation (on the basis of the 2017 survey)” deals with the problem of Ukrainians’ attitude to the Ukrainian and Russian languages and their usage in everyday life. Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to identify the attitude of Ukrainians to the language problems and analyze their thoughts on the usage of the Ukrainian and Russian languages in the future. Methods. The research was conducted by analyzing the results of surveys that were distributed among 2007 respondents across the whole country, except for the territories that are out of control of Ukrainian government. The method of interview was used to collect these data. Results. The results have shown that bilingualism and diglossia exist in Ukraine. However, the main problem is that most people do not understand the nature of not only language conflicts but also the political ones. The evidences of this are the ambiguous and contradictory answers on many questions. The paper considers the fact that now people do not resist the legislative consolidation of various provisions regarding the Ukrainian language. So the task of Ukrainian language policy is to increase the amount of the Ukrainian language. Discussion. We can conclude that the Ukrainian language will become the main one in all spheres of communication in the future if society and government understand the essence of language problems and try to force out the Russian language of formal and informal communication. As a result, Ukrainian will replace it as it must be the state language.