The Maxim Nation Through the Optic of Dmytro Dontsov’s Publications (Linguistic Aspect)

Language analysis of Dmytro Dontsov’s contributions on the aspect of political science, philosophy, teaching of humanitarian disciplines is particularly relevant at present, when the factor of the heroic past, respect for traditions, leveling of national identity began to gain heavy momentum. The importance of the paper is that for the first time the understanding of state-building principles is systematized through the prism of political linguistics. The goal of the research is to find out and show the lingual specific features of the maxim nation for the approval of state-building views. The article defines the definitions of the maxim nation basing on the works of D. Dontsov, compares the understanding of the maxim nation in diachrony and synchrony, which is accumulated by the works of scholars and journalists of interwar time. An attempt to complete the characteristics of the analysed maxim was made; the traditional and individual-authorial content of the indicated lexeme was identified as a factor for the construction and development of the state. The analysed language means show the challenges faced by the Ukrainian nation, characterize its identity, which promotes the understanding of political situation, gives psychological references for the formation of the worldview. The analysis of the texts of D. Dontsov gives not only informative documentation on the events of that time, but also allows to distinguish those factors that contributed to the establishment of state-building principles. The interdisciplinary level of the politic-journalistic texts research shows the language as a national system that forms a personality.

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