The article is devoted to a comparative study of the axiological characteristics of the concept of national identity of Ukrainians from 2018 to 2023. National identity as a dynamic category is formed specifically in crucial times for the nation, which Ukrainians have experienced in recent years. To see how the full-scale invasion affected Ukrainians' perception of themselves and, therefore, their identity, we conducted a sociolinguistic study in which we asked the respondents to rate five criteria of identity on a scale from 0 to 5. We carried out a similar study in 2017-2018, which revealed that Ukrainians regard language as the undisputed factor of their national identity, while the factors of economy and permanent residence in one country were ranked last. Having repeated the survey after the full-scale invasion had begun, we observed that the language factor remained in the core zone of the concept of national identity, along with the "culture" and " common actions and achievement of results" factors. The historical factor has undergone some changes. If 6 years previously it was peripheral for Ukrainians, now about 65% of Ukrainians rated it with the highest score. The criterion of religion and the territorial factor are on the periphery of the conceptual sphere in the vision of Ukrainians. The latter does not play a decisive role now, as many Ukrainian citizens are forced to stay abroad but still identify themselves as Ukrainians.

Authors:
Khrystyna Petriv, Independent Scholar, Ukraine
Andrii Miskov, Independent Scholar, Ukraine

About the Presenter(s)
Khrystyna Petriv is an Independent Scholar from Ukraine, who got PhD in Linguistics in 2019. She taught Ukrainian as a foreign language at the University of Kansas (USA) and at Penn State University (USA) in 2021-2023.

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