“Ukrainian orthography” and total feminization

Anatolii Neliuba, Doctor of Philology, Associate professor, Professor at the Department of the Ukrainian language
V.N. Karazin Kharkov National University
4 Maidan Svobody, Kharkіv 61022, Ukraine

Е-mail: anatoliy_nelyuba@ukr.net
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9509-9597

Heading: Articles
Language: Ukrainian

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.

LEGEND
Закон — Law of Ukraine dated 25.04.2019 No. 2704-VIII, part 4 of § 32 “On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language” (as amended) (in Ukrainian).
Постанова — Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 22.05.2019 No. 437 “Issues of Ukrainian Orthography”. Retrieved March 23, 2023 from http://surl.li/lbujy (in Ukrainian).
УП-2018 — Ukrainian orthography (draft). Retrieved March 23, 2023 from http://surl.li/lbuja (in Ukrainian).
УП-2019 — Ukrainian оrthography. (2019). Kyiv: Naukova dumka (in Ukrainian).
УП-2019п — Ukrainian оrthography. (2019). Approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Resolution No 437 of May 22, 2019). Retrieved March 23, 2023 from http://surl.li/cvvjh (in Ukrainian).

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