Open AccessGENDER DIFFERENCE IN LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE ATTITUDES IN ONLINE FACEBOOK POSTS OF UKRAINIAN MIGRANTS IN GERMANY
Author(s) -
Анастасія Кузнєцова
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-6646
pISSN - 2617-5339
DOI - 10.20535/2617-5339.2021.8.243868
Subject(s) - ukrainian , diaspora , identity (music) , ideology , german , sociology , gender studies , political science , linguistics , politics , philosophy , physics , acoustics , law
This article studies the gender difference in language use and language attitudes of Ukrainian communities in Germany in online social media. Since 2014, the conflict in the East of Ukraine has led to a remarkably intense flow of Ukrainian migrants to Western Europe giving rise to longstanding issues of identity formation, language use, and attitudes both within Ukraine and inside Ukrainian diaspora communities. This article will examine the Ukrainian diaspora in Germany on the subject of language ideologies, language use, and attitudes by analyzing its linguistic online activity. To do so, our analysis will draw on a range of interdisciplinary methodologies, including studies of linguistic identity positioning, gender in migration, imagined migrant communities, and studies of discursive constructions of nationhood, which explore language indexing in relation to national identity.