URBANONYMS OF THE CITY OF LVIV OF THE POST-TOTALITARIAN AGE THROUGH THE PRISM OF ECOLINGUISTICS

Abstract

The Ukrainian onomasticon of the post-Soviet era has undergone numerous transformational changes. With Ukraine’s independence, there are processes that contribute to the restoration of the historical justice of the Ukrainian people, including in the field of nomenclature. At the present stage of state formation there is a certain category of resolutions, acts that regulate the development and functioning of Ukrainian urban vocabulary at the legislative level. The ecolinguistic aspect of studying the Ukrainian onomasticon of the post-Soviet era is an important category of studying linguistics, as it demonstrates the changes that are taking place at the present stage of development not only of language but also of culture and preferences of the people. In the article we have studied and analyzed the onym units of the city of Lviv, in particular the urbanonyms of the post-Soviet era through the prism of ecolinguistics. Our research has shown that the Ukrainian urbanonymicon of the post-totalitarian era is undergoing significant changes. Thus, a large number of urbanonyms are modified in order to restore historical justice, decommunization processes are taking place, which have returned to use the authentic names of Ukrainians; many titles are dedicated to the awarding and honoring of historical figures, spiritual mentors of Ukrainians, its cultural and civic figures, activists. We also found that many urbanonyms are dedicated to honoring world leaders, writers, and national heroes. An interesting fact of the use of urban names of the city of Lviv is that a certain number of onyms are used among the inhabitants of the city, the so-called “folk” names, which differ from the official names. In the process of studying the Ukrainian urbanonymy of the post-Soviet era, we came to the conclusion that the onymic vocabulary of the city of Lviv, in particular urbanonyms, have completely undergone those changes that promote the development of nationally motivated onymic names, lost communist names. At the legislative level, there are a number of resolutions that should promote the decommunization of the Ukrainian noun, as well as regulate compliance with these provisions. Key words: language, language policy, ecolinguistics, onomastics.