Tra grammatica e politica: l’uso delle preposizioni v е na davanti al termine Ucraina

Oleg Rumjancev

doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-382-3/006

Abstract

This paper analyzes the use of the preposition in that in Ukrainian and Russian can assume the form v or na. In the 20th century the use of both prepositions has assumed political meanings which has diversified the semantics of the expressions na Ukraine and v Ukraine (in Ukraine) and correlates. We aim to show the evolution of meaning of these prepositions, to explain the use of them in Ukrainian and Russian publicist and diplomatic texts, to demonstrate how scholars and publicists motivate the use of v and na and to highlight correlate problems.

Highlights

Oleg Rumjancev Tra grammatica e politica: l’uso delle preposizioni v е na davanti al termine Ucraina dente, al suo passato di nazione dominata
Per queste ragioni l’Ucraina ha insistito sull’uso del termine inglese Ukraine senza l’articolo determinativo the: «After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukrainians probably decided that the article denigrated their country [by identifying it as a part of Russia] and abolished ‘the’ while speaking English, so it is Ukraine» (Geoghegan 2012)
In ucraino le suddette preposizioni funzionano in modo simile: lo stato in luogo si esprime con v – la quale si realizza come u tra due consonanti – e na, che reggono il caso locativo: v Italiji, na Kavkazi