Svitlana Melnyk
Visiting Lecturer
Degree: Ph.D. equivalent degree, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, 1996.
Specialties/Research Interests: Sociolinguistics, Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism, Sociolinguistic situation with the minority languages in Ukraine.
Current project(s): "Dimension of the Linguistic Otherness: Prospects of Maintenance and Revitalization of Minority Languages within the New Europe"; Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism: self-assessment versus performance.
Courses regularly taught:
- Advanced Russian.
- Russian Stylistics and Syntax.
- Intermediate Ukrainian.
Recent publications:
- Bilaniuk, Laada & Melnyk, Svitlana. "A tense and shifting balance: Bilingualism and education in Ukraine," International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (accepted for publication, 2008).
Office number: BH 578
Office telephone: (812)855-3046
E-mail address: smelnyk@indiana.edu
Mailing address:
Svitlana Melnyk
Indiana University
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Ballantine Hall 502
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103
