Plurilingualism as a Sociolinguistic Phenomenon in the Modern Globalized World. A Review of Pavlo Levchuk’s Monograph “Trójjęzyczność ukraińsko-rosyjsko-polska Ukraińców niepolskiego pochodzenia” (Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, 2020, ss. 299)

Abstract

The reviewed monograph is the frst scientifc work in Poland addressing the issue of Ukrainian–Russian–Polish trilingualism, a widespread phenomenon among Ukrainians of non-Polish descent living in both Ukraine and Poland. The research was conducted from the sociolinguistic perspective and involves an analysis of the linguistic situation caused by the spread of the three languages in the area, the determination of the quantitative and qualitative indicators of this trilingualism, and an assessment of ofcial language policy, which purports to strengthen the position of Polish in relation to the other two languages under study.