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Long before shots were fired, a linguistic power struggle was playing out in Ukraine

  • Written by Phillip M. Carter, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University
Long before shots were fired, a linguistic power struggle was playing out in UkraineA woman holds a placard with the words 'language is a weapon' written in Ukrainian during a 2020 protest of a bill that sought to widen the use of Russian in Ukrainian public education.Evgen Kotenko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images

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