Українська мова як лінгвістичний інтегратор (Павло Гриценко про українську мову)

Abstract

The article systematizes the positions of Pavel Yefimovich Hrytsenko on the development and functioning of the Ukrainian language, which he constantly defends in his Journalism, reveals the connection with modern linguistic research, shows the depth of their coverage, the legality of bringing it up for discussion, expediency, and so on. We believe that by updating and popular scientific presentation of the origin of the Ukrainian language, clarifying its functions as the state language, the scientist lays the foundations for the theoretical foundations of deep language construction in a democratic society. It is proved that the central place in Pavlo Hrytsenko’s journalism is occupied by issues related to the general features of the Ukrainian language as a communicative system. The scientist interprets it as a powerful system of systems that, during the long development of a word and the form-formation, accumulated mechanisms of self-preservation and self-improvement, which ensured its gradual evolution. The Ukrainian language is holographic, it is the genetic code of the nation, because it is closely connected with the mentality of the people, their culture. The technical arsenal of a language (words, their combinations, sound structure, grammar) is a means of expressing cultural information content. The Ukrainian language is autochthonous. It belongs to the highly developed old-written languages and occupies a medial place among Slavic languages on the geographical map. Pavlo Hrytsenko pays a lot of attention to the development of the Ukrainian language as the state language. He emphasizes that it is the only state language in Ukraine, a language integrator that serves all spheres of communication and unites the state, is a means of international understanding and integration. In 1991, when the status of Ukraine as a state changed, the national language code changed. Instead of Russian-Ukrainian bilingualism, a single state language was introduced, which became the Ukrainian language. Now we can say that in Ukraine there is a gradual, not always painless process of approving this language code. Pavlo Hrytsenko pays a lot of attention to issues that concern the public. Ukraine, despite all the assessments, was and remains an intellectual country, and the Ukrainian language is a developed and multi – functional language, rich in linguistic means of expressing thoughts and traditions of their use.