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Plurilingualism as a Sociolinguistic Phenomenon in the Modern Globalized World: A Review of Pavlo Levchuk’s Monograph “Trójjezycznosc ukrainsko-rosyjsko-polska Ukrainców niepolskiego pochodzenia” (Kraków: Ksiegarnia Akademicka, 2020, ss. 299)

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Plurilingualism as a Sociolinguistic Phenomenon in the Modern Globalized World: A Review of Pavlo Levchuk’s Monograph “Trójjezycznosc ukrainsko-rosyjsko-polska Ukrainców niepolskiego pochodzenia” (Kraków: Ksiegarnia Akademicka, 2020, ss. 299)The reviewed monograph is the first scientific work in Poland addressing the issue of Ukrainian–Russian–Polish trilingualism, a widespread phenomenon among Ukrainians of non-Polish descent living in both Ukraine and Poland. The research was conducted from the sociolinguistic perspective and involves an analysis of the linguistic situation caused by the spread of the three languages in the area, the determination of the quantitative and qualitative indicators of this trilingualism, and an assessment of official language policy, which purports to strengthen the position of Polish in relation to the other two languages under study. Polilingwizm jako zjawisko socjolingwistyczne we wspólczesnym  zglobalizowanym swiecie. Recenzja monografii Pawla Lewczuka „Trójjezycznosc ukrainsko-rosyjsko-polska Ukrainców niepolskiego pochodzenia” (Kraków: Ksiegarnia Akademicka, 2020, 299 s.)Recenzowana monografia jest pierwsza w Polsce praca naukowa podejmujaca problematyke trójjezycznosci ukrainsko-rosyjsko-polskiej – powszechnego zjawiska wsród Ukrainców niepolskiego pochodzenia, zamieszkalych zarówno na Ukrainie, jak i w Polsce. Badania zostaly przeprowadzone z perspektywy socjolingwistycznej i obejmuja analize sytuacji jezykowej spowodowanej rozprzestrzenianiem sie trzech jezyków na danym obszarze, okreslenie ilosciowych i jakosciowych wskazników tej trójjezycznosci oraz ocene oficjalnej polityki jezykowej, która zmierza do wzmocnienia pozycji jezyka polskiego w stosunku do dwóch pozostalych badanych jezyków.

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