{"id":13179,"date":"2026-06-28T18:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/?page_id=13179"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:02:04","slug":"ua-leksychni-osoblyvosti-romanu-yevgeniyi-kuznyetsovoyi-vivtsi-tsili-en-lexical-features-of-yevheniia-kuznietsova-s-novel-the-sheep-are-safe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/ua-leksychni-osoblyvosti-romanu-yevgeniyi-kuznyetsovoyi-vivtsi-tsili-en-lexical-features-of-yevheniia-kuznietsova-s-novel-the-sheep-are-safe.html","title":{"rendered":"Lexical features of Yevheniia Kuznietsova\u2019s novel \u201cThe sheep are safe\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"Larysa Masenko<\/em><\/strong>, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Professor, Leading Researcher in the Department of Stylistics, Culture of Language and Sociolinguistics
\nInstitute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
\n4 Mykhalo Hrushevskyi St., Kyiv 01001, Ukraine<\/p>\n

E-mail: masenko14@gmail.com<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-7759-4734<\/a><\/p>\n

Heading:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles
\nLanguage:<\/strong>\u00a0Ukrainian<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>:\u00a0Since 2014, Ukrainian literature has been shaped by the Russian-Ukrainian war, which has become the central theme of many works, both documentary and fictional. At the same time, writers also address the lives of civilians in the country under martial law. One such work is the novel \u201cThe Sheep are Safe\u201d by the well-known writer and translator Yevheniia Kuznietsova, published by Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva in 2025.<\/p>\n

The aim of this article is to examine the specific features of the lexicon in the novel \u201cThe Sheep are Safe\u201d by the modern Ukrainian writer Y\u0435. Kuznietsova.<\/p>\n

The article analyzes the lexical composition of Yevheniia Kuznietsova\u2019s novel \u201cThe Sheep are Safe\u201d, distinguishing the standard literary language of a Kyiv family and its social circle, elements of folk ritual vocabulary used during Christmas celebrations, as well as the interference-influenced speech of a resident of the Kyiv region. It also considers foreign borrowings, predominantly anglicisms, present in the text. Special attention is paid to how the novel reflects changes in the attitudes of the Kyiv intelligentsia toward Russian literature following the outbreak of the full-scale war with Russia.<\/p>\n

The novel consists of seven chapters, whose titles reflect the chronological sequence of Christmas holidays: \u201cRomana,\u201d \u201cKateryna,\u201d \u201cAndrii,\u201d \u201cMykolai,\u201d \u201cChristmas Eve,\u201d \u201cMalanka,\u201d and \u201cJordan\u201d. The work portrays the realities of everyday life of Ukrainians under martial law, with the constant threat of enemy shelling, air raid alerts, and blackouts.<\/p>\n

It has been established that a marker of changes in the country\u2019s linguistic situation is the fairly large group of borrowings from English present both in the author\u2019s narration and in the speech of the characters. English loanwords dominate the lexical composition of the novel, reflecting the actual state of the contemporary linguistic landscape. The study concludes that the depiction of traditional folk customs of Christmas celebration alongside the realities of a modern, technologically advanced society integrates traditional Ukrainian culture into the context of an open contemporary society with diverse international contacts that extend beyond the national sphere.<\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/strong>\u00a0Christmas traditions, interfered speech, digital technologies, anglicisms, Instagram,\u00a0lexical features.<\/p>\n

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Received 03.04.2026\u00a0\u00a0 Revised 26.05.2026\u00a0\u00a0 Accepted 00.06.2026","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Larysa Masenko, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Professor, Leading Researcher in the Department of Stylistics, Culture of Language and Sociolinguistics Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 4 Mykhalo Hrushevskyi St., Kyiv 01001, Ukraine E-mail: masenko14@gmail.com https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-7759-4734 Heading:\u00a0Articles Language:\u00a0Ukrainian Abstract:\u00a0Since 2014, Ukrainian literature has been shaped by the Russian-Ukrainian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-doi.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13207,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13179\/revisions\/13207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmova.iul-nasu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}