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Linguist on Ukrainian and Russian languages: How do these languages reflect the national mentalities?

Maria Prymachenko. Rescued exhibition in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 - A visitor takes a picture of the 'Porridge is good with milk and life is good with a Cossack. And without a Cossack life is like a child without milk' (1978) artwork of Ukrainian folk art painter Maria Prymachenko Credit: Hennadii Minchenko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Are national cultures and their languages related? Is it possible to single out words that accurately describe mentality of a certain nation? What do the Ukrainian and Russian languages tell us about the differences in the mentalities of the two nations? Interview with Brisbane linguist Svitlana Martinek.


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