George Yurii Shevelov as a Historian of the Ukrainian Language

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  • Andrii Zhemakovs'kyi

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https://doi.org/10.21226/ewjus890

Keywords:

linguistics, history of the Ukrainian language, George Y. Shevelov

Abstract

An introduction to the English-language translation of an article authored by Iurii Shevel'ov (George Y. Shevelov) on the origins of the Ukrainian language.

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———. Chomu obshcherusskii iazyk, a ne vibchorus'ka mova? Z problem skhidnoslov"ians'koï hlotohoniï; Dvi statti pro postannia ukraїns'koї movy. Vydavnychyi Dim “KM Academia,” 1994. Digital copy can be accessed in Ukrainica: Elektronna biblioteka “Ukraïnika” / Electronic Library “Ukrainica,” Natsional'na Biblioteka Ukraïny imeni V. I. Vernads'koho, irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/cgi-bin/ua/elib.exe.

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———. “Dodatok: Avtors'kyi komentar 1997 r.” Shevel'ov, Dorohoiu, p. 131. Originally a 1997 manuscript in the George Y. Shevelov Papers, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia U, box 19, folder 5.

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———. [published as Iurii Sherekh]. Druha cherha: Literatura. Teatr. Ideolohiï / The Second Round: Literature—Theater—Ideologies. Suchasnist', 1978. Biblioteka Prolohu i Suchasnosty 130. Digital copy can be accessed in Diasporiana.org.ua: Elektronna biblioteka, diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/5988/file.pdf.

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———. “La Montée et la chute de la politique d’ukrainisation / The Rise and Fall of the Ukrainization Policy.” Symposium on Famine 1932–1933 in Soviet Ukraine, 26 Mar. 1983, U du Québec à Montréal. “20. 1983 Symposium on Famine 1932–1933 in Soviet Ukraine T12B,” YouTube, uploaded by Yurij Luhovy, 27 Feb. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_FWiPl6ZmM. Accessed 10 Nov. 2023.

———. [published as Iurii Sherekh]. Narys suchasnoї ukraїns'koї literaturnoї movy / An Outline of Modern Literary Ukrainian. Vydavnytstvo “Molode Zhyttia,” 1951. Naukove Tovarystvo im. Shevchenka: Biblioteka ukraïnoznavstva 3.

———. [published as Iurii Sherekh]. Ne dlia ditei: Literaturno-krytychni statti i eseï / Not for Children: Essays on Modern Ukrainian Literature. Vydavnytstvo “Proloh,” 1964. Digital copy can be accessed in Diasporiana.org.ua: Elektronna biblioteka, diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/7116/file.pdf. Accessed 4 July 2024.

———. “Notatky pro etymolohiiu.” Shevel'ov, Dorohoiu, pp. 116–30. Originally published in Ukraїns'kyi zasiv [Kharkiv], Viktor Petrov, editor-in-chief, no. 3, 1942, pp. 96–104.

———. [published as Iurii Sherekh]. Porohy i zaporizhzhia: Literatura. Mystetstvo. Ideolohiï. Folio, 1998. 3 vols., Ukraïns'ka literatura XX stolittia.

———. A Prehistory of Slavic: The Historical Phonology of Common Slavic. Carl Winter UP, 1964. Digital copy can be accessed in Diasporiana.org.ua: Elektronna biblioteka, diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/25343/file.pdf.

——— [published as Yury Šerech]. Problems in the Formation of Belorussian. The Linguistic Circle of New York, 1953. Monograph 2, edited by Roman Jakobson et al., supplement to Word [New York], vol. 9, Dec. 1953.

———. The Syntax of Modern Literary Ukrainian: The Simple Sentence. Mouton, 1963. Slavic Printings and Reprintings 38, edited by Cornelis Hendrik van Schooneveld. Diasporiana.org.ua: Elektronna biblioteka, diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/26664/file.pdf. Accessed 4 July 2024.

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——— [published as Iurii Sherekh]. Tretia storozha: Literatura. Mystetstvo. Ideolohiï / The Third Vigil: Literature—Arts—Ideologies. Ukraïns'ke Nezalezhne Vydavnytstvo “Smoloskyp” im. V. Symonenka, 1991. Biblioteka “Smoloskypa” 60, STP 4. Digital copy can be accessed in Diasporiana.org.ua: Elektronna biblioteka, diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/10691/file.pdf.

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———. Ukraïns'ka mova v pershii polovyni dvadtsiatoho stolittia (1900–1941): Stan i status. Translated from the English by Oksana Solovey, Suchasnist', 1987. Biblioteka Prolohu i Suchasnosty 173. Digital copy can be accessed in Diasporiana.org.ua: Elektronna biblioteka, diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/15218/file.pdf.

——— [published as Iurii Sherekh]. “Viktor Petrov, iak ia ioho bachyv.” Ukraïna / L’Ukraine: Ukraïnoznavstvo i frantsuz'ke kul'turne zhyttia [Paris], Il'ko Borshchak [Élie Borschak], editor-in-chief, no. 6, 1951, pp. 422–29. Chtyvo: Elektronna biblioteka, shron2.chtyvo.org.ua/Ukraina_ukrainoznavstvo_i_frantsuzke_kulturne/Chyslo_06.pdf. Accessed 9 July 2024.

——— [published as H. Shevchuk]. “Vyznachnyi ukraїns'kyi diiach: Do rokovyn smerty O. Potebni († 11-ХІІ 1891 r.).” Shevel'ov, Dorohoiu, pp. 46–49. Originally published in Nova Ukraїna [Kharkiv], year 1, no. 13, 25–26 Dec. 1941, pp. 3–4.

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