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The Influence of Language Behaviour on the Identity Formation of the Ukrainian Military

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The Influence of Language Behaviour on the Identity Formation of the Ukrainian MilitaryThis article aims to highlight the analysis of language behaviour and language attitude in the military environment. The data included in this research was taken from the series of books Oral History of the Russian–Ukrainian War (2014–2019), which includes interviews with both military personnel and civilians, namely displaced people from the Donbas region and chaplains. The participants clarify their language choices and explain how it has influenced identity construction, as well as developing their linguistic personality. Since the interviewees are mostly from the south–eastern part of Ukraine, it is possible to make some general conclusions about the language situation of these territories, as well as to investigate language attitudes in the military environment. The analysis is informed by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) involving the analysis of text, discourse and sociocultural practice.Wplyw zachowan jezykowych na ksztaltowanie tozsamosci ukrainskich wojskowychCelem artykulu jest zwrócenie uwagi na analize zachowan jezykowych i postawy jezykowej w srodowisku wojskowym. Dane uwzglednione w badaniach pochodza z serii ksiazek Historia mówiona wojny rosyjsko-ukrainskiej (2014–2019), w której znajduja sie wywiady zarówno z personelem wojskowym, jak i osobami cywilnymi, czyli przesiedlencami z rejonu Donbasu, oraz kapelanami. Uczestnicy wyjasniaja swoje wybory jezykowe i tlumacza, jak wplynely one na konstrukcje tozsamosci, a takze na rozwój osobowosci jezykowej. Poniewaz rozmówcy pochodza w wiekszosci z poludniowo-wschodniej czesci Ukrainy, mozliwe jest wyciagniecie pewnych ogólnych wniosków na temat sytuacji jezykowej tych terenów, a takze zbadanie postaw jezykowych w srodowisku wojskowym. W pracy zastosowano krytyczna analize dyskursu, obejmujaca analize tekstu, dyskursu i praktyki socjokulturowej.

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