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Linguistic identity in times of crisis: The roles of the Ukrainian and Russian languages in the lives of Ukrainian war refugees

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In Ukraine, being a bilingual who speaks both Russian and Ukrainian is such a ‘normal’ thing that many people hesitate to even call themselves bilinguals. As a Ukrainian who speaks both languages, I never really regarded this phenomenon as anything special. But after the Russian invasion in 2022, and also thanks to my linguistics studies, I noticed that the question of linguistic identity in Ukraine – and for Ukrainians in general — is a really complex, fine-grained and surprisingly under-studied area. So for the spring semester of 2025, for my sociolinguistics exam project, I decided to investigate the subconscious ideologies and attitudes that Ukrainians have towards the Ukrainian and Russian languages. When I told some of my Ukrainian friends about … ↪

Global Languages Day, Sept. 17, Dokk1, Aarhus, Denmark

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Researchers and teachers connect to Aarhus University (AU) who are interested in languages, are organizing Global Languages Day, an initiative aimed at showcasing the work they do with and about languages at AU to the general public, including gymnasium students. As many languages  as possible will be represented.
The event is planned in three parts:
  1. Short talks
  2. Small booths representing the languages we have at AU (sprogsmagning) – including snacks and possibility for 2-minute language dating
  3. Q&A session (with questions selected in advance for preparation: globallanguagesday@cas.au.dk)
Global Languages Day will take place on September 17 at DOKK 1.
We plan to have the talks (part 1) from 10:00 – 12:10, the sprogsmagning (part 2) from 12:10 – 13:30, and
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