Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The article analyses the language situation in Ukraine before the beginning of Russian military aggression in February 2022. The data reflect the language practices of Kyiv families with preschool age children. The sociolinguistic study shows the use of different languages, primarily Ukrainian and Russian, in families raising children of this age group. The author traced the correlation between parents' language behaviour and children's language practices. This article examines bilingualism in the context of the daily language practices of children and families. The author pays attention to the sociolinguistic aspects of the Ukrainian language used in the formal and non-formal communication of Kyiv's preschool children.
DOI: 10.11649/cs.2860
Author: Olha Shevchuk-Kliuzheva
Institution: Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4390616658