Development Programme (2021–2026) – Department of Stylistics and Language Communication, Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Specialization “Medialinguistics”
The Department of Stylistics and Language Communication provides an innovative specialization Media Linguistics within the framework of the EP Ukrainian Language and Literature and Western European Language and Ukrainian Philological Studies and Foreign Language. Through author-designed courses such as Current Research Epistemes in Media Linguistics, Linguistic Aspects of Ethics and Aesthetics in Media, Political Linguistics and Speechwriting in Media, Media Genre Studies, Business Linguistics and Media, Linguistic Media Technologies, Media Lexicography, Linguistic Identity in Media, and others, students will learn about the leading current trends in the functioning of language in the media, will be able to carry out communication activities as the manifestations of language functions in various social domains, master the professional skills and abilities necessary to create oral and written texts of various genres and styles in the Ukrainian language.
- Students complete internships—including social communication, general professional, and role-based internships involving actual job responsibilities—at various media institutions such as television and radio stations, news agencies, newspaper and magazine editorial offices, as well as advertising and PR agencies..
- Graduates are well-prepared to pursue careers in the media sector, including roles such as media analysts and reviewers, media experts, media linguists, literary and managing editors, specialists in information and telecommunications services, PR managers, advertising agency representatives, press secretaries, and more.
Under the editorship of Prof. L. Shevchenko, Ukraine’s first dictionary of terms and concepts in media linguistics was published, officially endorsed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for use in higher education institutions. The annual project New Words and Phraseological Units in Ukrainian Mass Media was launched to systematically monitor developments in Ukrainian mass communication. A media linguistics student club, led by Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov, hosts regular discussions on current trends in media language development. Members of the department (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. L. Shulinova, Assoc. Prof. D. Derhach, Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov, Asst. Prof. M. Bulakh, Asst. Prof. O. Pliasun, and others) regularly appear on media platforms—television, radio, and in print—to promote the innovative specialization across Ukraine.
Research activities
The department’s staff focuses on authoring monographs, dictionaries, textbooks, and manuals, exploring various aspects of modern linguistics — particularly the theory and philosophy of language, functional stylistics, terminology studies, and other relevant areas of language development.
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The department’s staff published educational materials in various linguistic disciplines, including stylistics (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. L. Shulinova), Ukrainian language in professional communication (Assoc. Prof. O. Piatetska, Assoc. Prof. T. Andrieieva), intellectual evolution of the Ukrainian language (Prof. L. Shevchenko), linguistic folkloristics (Assoc. Prof. Yu. Diadyshcheva-Rosovetska), terminology studies (Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov, Asst. Prof. S. Ovseichyk), suggestive linguistics (Prof. O. Klymentova), idiostylistics (Assoc. Prof. O. Lutsenko), media and legal linguistics (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. D. Derhach, Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov), etc. These publications support the teaching of both core and elective courses within the academic curriculum.
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Lexicographic publications represent one of the department’s key areas of focus. The team of authors has published Ukraine’s first Anglo-Ukrainian Dictionary of International, Comparative, and European Law (edited by Prof. V. Muraviov and Prof. L. Shevchenko); New Dictionary of Foreign Words (ed. by Prof. L. Shevchenko); Modern Spelling Dictionary with Grammatical Commentary (Prof. L. Shevchenko); Modern Anglo-Ukrainian / Ukrainian-English Dictionary; Modern German-Ukrainian / Ukrainian-German Dictionary; and Modern Anglo-Russian / Russian-English Dictionary (ed. by Prof. L. Shevchenko). The department has also produced Ukrainian-English, Ukrainian-German, and Ukrainian-French phrasebooks (Assoc. Prof. Lutsenko); innovative dictionaries in media and legal linguistics (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. D. Derhach, Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov); functional dictionaries of the mass media space (Assoc. Prof. D. Derhach, Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov); and an annual series New Words and Phraseological Units in Ukrainian Mass Media (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov), among others.
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Members of the department actively participate in collaborative academic projects, including: the Shevchenko Encyclopedia (Assoc. Prof. Yu. Diadyshcheva-Rosovetska); monographic publications of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Prof. L. Shevchenko); academic initiatives in the Republic of Poland (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Prof. O. Klymentova, Assoc. Prof. Yu. Diadyshcheva-Rosovetska); the Republic of Belarus (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. O. Piatetska, Asst. O. Pliasun); and a collective monograph dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Panteleimon Kulish’s birth (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. O. Lutsenko, Assoc. Prof. Yu. Diadyshcheva-Rosovetska, Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov), among others.
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The department annually organizes a scientific festival Style-m-k-fest, which features round tables on current issues in stylistics and media linguistics, presentations of the department’s scholarly publications, book exhibitions, and academic discussion platforms.
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Members of the department are involved in:
- organizing committees and serve as jury members for the Petro Yatsyk International Competition for Experts in the Ukrainian Language (Prof. O. Klymentova, Assoc. Prof. O. Lutsenko); the Taras Shevchenko International Language and Literature Competition (Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov); and the International Festival-Competition of Children’s and Youth Journalism “Press Spring on the Dnipro Slopes” (Assoc. Prof. L. Shulinova);
- expert councils on the quality of electronic textbooks for grades 5-11 (Assoc. Prof. O. Piatetska);
- the Bureau of Linguistic Expertise of the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (Prof. L. I. Shevchenko and others).
Among the department’s members are laureates of the Taras Shevchenko Prize of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Prof. L. Shevchenko, Assoc. Prof. D. Derhach, Asst. Prof. O. Pliasun); recipients of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Scholarship (Assoc. Prof. D. Syzonov); and the Academic Prize of the President of Ukraine (Asst. Prof. O. Pliasun).
The department actively cooperates with academic divisions of the O. O. Potebnia Institute of Linguistics, the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, H. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, I. Mechnikov Odesa National University, and other leading classical universities in Ukraine.
Journal Current Issues of Ukrainian Linguistics: Theory and Practice
Current Issues of Ukrainian Linguistics: Theory and Practice is a peer-reviewed international journal that adheres to the open-access policy for scholarly publications. It was established in 2000.
The journal is included in Category B of Ukraine’s official list of professional academic publications – https://apultp.knu.ua/.
The journal offers both theoretical and empirical studies of interest to a broad intellectual audience, extending beyond a narrow circle of specialists. It is intended for professionals in philology, social communications, philosophy, cultural studies, psychology, sociology, history, and other social and human sciences, as well as for researchers from higher education institutions. The journal’s themes are aligned with the current research agenda of the language commissions of the International Committee of Slavists.
The archive of past issues is available at: https://apultp.knu.ua/index.php/APULTP/issue/archive
Several issues have been dedicated to significant anniversaries in the field of linguistics and to honoring renowned scholars in philology such as V. Rusanivskyi, H. Pivtorak, F. Batsevych, L. Shevchenko, and others.
The journal is indexed in eight international academic databases, including several recognized in contemporary scholarly communication—Index Copernicus, ERIH Plus, Ulrich’s Web, among others. The editorial board includes leading scholars from Italy, Austria, Poland, and North Macedonia.
International Cooperation
The department actively develops academic partnerships with international university centers. A number of joint research studies have been published in collaboration with scholars from Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, France, North Macedonia, Serbia, South Korea, and other countries.
In particular, Prof. L. Shevchenko has consistently participated in the scientific cooperation program between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Days of Ukrainian Science in North Macedonia, 2005, 2007; 14th International Congress of Slavists, Ohrid, 2008). She also collaborates with linguists from Poland (notably through traditional stylistic conferences held in Warsaw, Kraków, Opole, and other cities); from the Republic of Serbia (16th International Congress of Slavists, Belgrade); and from the Republic of Belarus (15th International Congress of Slavists, Minsk), as well as with researchers from other European and Asian countries.
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Lecturers of the Department:
- actively participate in international academic events and conferences and undergo professional training in Poland, France, the Czech Republic, and other EU countries;
- are members of international scholarly organizations, including the International Committee of Slavists (Stylistics and Media Linguistics Commissions);
- publish monographs and contribute to collective monographs with international academic publishers;
- regularly publish in journals indexed in leading scientometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science.
The department’s professional collaboration with international research centers has resulted in the successful defense of PhD theses supervised by Prof. L. I. Shevchenko: Maia-Bohumila Verbenets (Republic of Poland), Legal Terminology of the Ukrainian and Polish National Languages: A Contrastive-Typological Analysis (January 2005); Jong Yong-Ju (Republic of Korea), Linguopragmatic Principles for Developing a Ukrainian Language Dictionary for Foreigners (October 2011).