Surzhyk: Attitudes & Usage Among Ukrainian People

Authors

Kateryna Kravchenko, Brigham Young University - Provo
Joseph A. Stanley, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

Keywords

Surzhyk, macaronic Ukrainian–Russian sociolects, norm-breaking mixed-language practices, Surzhyk as non-standard hybridity

Abstract

What is Surzhyk?

• refers to a range of macaronic (mixed) sociolects of Ukrainian and Russian languages
• originally meant mixing of two different types of flour (wheat and rye), which is considered a lower grade flour
• there is no unifying set of characteristics
• the term is used for norm-breaking, non-obedience to or non-awareness of the rules of the Ukrainian and Russian standard languages
• it is not Russian-accented Ukrainian

Original Publication Citation

Kateryna Kravchenko & Joseph A. Stanley. “Surzhyk: Attitudes and Usage among Ukrainian People.” 5th annual Sociolinguistics Symposium. Champaign, Illinois. March 2–3.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Kravchenko, Kateryna and Stanley, Joseph A., "Surzhyk: Attitudes & Usage Among Ukrainian People" (2023). Faculty Publications. 7967.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7967

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

5th annual Sociolinguistics Symposium

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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