“Ukrainian orthography” and total feminization

Abstract

Ukrainian “feminine” nominalization is distinguished by its richness and diversity, embodied by multilevel linguistic means Soviet linguistics has a considerable number of works devoted to the nomination of women. Over the past decade and a half, the idea of discrimination against women has been spreading and growing in Ukraine as a noticeable and threatening phenomenon in the Ukrainian community. According to supporters of the movement against this injustice, overcoming inequality and achieving a fair balance is possible through the feminization of the Ukrainian language. Their means of achieving this goal are the thoughtless creation and imposition of femininized words without regard to the laws, rules, and norms of the Ukrainian language, and their consistent disregard for them. The article presents the status and content of Part 4 § 32 “Orthography âook of Noun Suffixes” of the new edition of the Ukrainian îrthography. In particular, the attention is focused on manipulations with the îrthography itself and its corresponding interpretation in the context of current total feminization of the Ukrainian language. In addition, this part in terms of its compliance with the purpose and general objectives of the îrthography code is analyzed in this article. The article identifies that the form and content of the biggest part of them do not meet the criteria of scientificity, its title contradicts the content (it concerns only the word formation of feminine nouns), and, accordingly, this part does not fulfill the general task of ensuring the unification of spelling norms. These and other features are un doubtedly grounds for removing this part from the îrthography book. Keywords: gender, discrimination, feminine gender, suffix productivity, word formation, feminine, feminization, masculine gender.