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У статті аналізується вживання двох форм назви України як держави в англомовному медійному дискурсі – без артикля Ukraine та з артиклем the Ukraine. Порівняно частотність уживання обох форм у закордонних медіа на межі ХХ-ХХІ ст., показано зростання частотності вживання форми без артикля Ukraine після розпаду Радянського Союзу та отримання Україною незалежності. Висвітлено історію питання, наведено приклади хибного вживання форми the Ukraine сучасними політичними і громадськими діячами вищого ешелону та реакція на це провідних засобів масової інформації. Доведено некоректність вживання означеного артикля з назвою України як з граматичної, так і з геополітичної точки зору, адже така форма може мати конотацію регіональності. Граматичний аспект питання проілюстровано загальними правилами вживання артикля з назвами країн в англійській мові, що регулюється за географічним і політичним принципом, та прикладами назв держав, в яких використання артикля має дискусійний характер. Показано, що вживання артикля у назві України може бути припустимим лише з певною стилістичною метою, наведено приклади такого вживання. ; The article deals with a problem of correct use of the name of Ukraine in modern English-language media discourse. Strengthening the position of Ukraine as an independent state in the world community requires its broad informational presence in different regions of the world. The purpose of this article is to analyze the forms of the name of Ukraine as a state (both with and without the definite article) in the English-language media discourse from the grammatical and geopolitical points of view. The frequency of use of these forms in foreign media at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries is compared. An increasing in the frequency of use of the form without the article after the disintegration of the Soviet Union and ensuing independence of Ukraine is shown. The history of progressive dropping of the article in references to Ukraine in English-language press ("The New York Times", "The Daily News", "The Washington Post" and "Associated Press") is presented. Some examples of the incorrect use of the form "the Ukraine" by modern political and public figures of the highest echelon and leading mass media reaction to this misuse are given. The impropriety of use of the definite article with the name of Ukraine is explained both from a grammatical and geopolitical points of view, since such form could have a derogatory connotation of regionality, non-sovereign territory or outskirts. According to experts, the use of the name of Ukraine without an article is very important for Ukrainians, because it is stated in the Ukrainian Declaration of Independence and Constitution and marks a kind of "linguistic political independence".The grammatical aspect of the issue is illustrated by the general rules for using the definite article with country names in English, which are governed by geographic and political principles, and examples of the names of states in which the use of the article is still debatable (such as Lebanon, Sudan et cetera) are given. The version of the possibility of using the article on a geographical basis is disproved. It is shown that the use of the article in the name of Ukraine can be permissible only for a specific stylistic purpose. Such as it is used in the new book "The Ukraine" by Ukrainian writer, reporter and traveler Artem Chapai, where the definite article emphasizes the paradoxical and ironic situation and the name itself means "Here is exactly this Ukraine".

The democratic media should reflect the reality of men and women in all its diversity. Inequality in society is reproduced in the media. According to UNESCO, the global picture shows a lack of gender balance in the representation of women in modern media content. The situation in Ukraine only confirms the global picture, and statistics show its deterioration (under the annual Global Gender Gap Index, in 2021, Ukraine's position decreased by 15 points compared to 2020). Regular monitoring shows that the Ukrainian national and regional mass media are increasingly publishing materials with signs of sexism and gender stereotypes. This emphasizes the relevance of the problem and the urgent need for its comprehensive study. The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of the representations of women in contemporary Ukrainian media, to trace the evolution of the image of women in the columns of the newspaper "Vechirniy Kyiv". The study uses methods of analysis of all-Ukrainian monitoring statistical data to determine the features of the representations of the women image in the mass media and analysis of archival materials to study the evolution of the image of women in the columns of Ukrainian newspapers. As a result of the study, it was found that image of a woman in the media: working woman, housewife, doll, etc. changes according to the stage of development of society. According to the results of the Ukrainian media monitoring conducted by the Volyn Press Club "Gender-Sensitive Space of Modern Journalism" in April 2022, the representation of women in print media is higher than in online publications: in a third cases women are experts, and in a quarter heroines of materials about the war. The key themes of the general military theme, involving women, were: volunteering, politics and support for displaced persons. We can say that in 2022 a new woman image – a national citizen of Ukraine – appeared in the media. This is a complex image that integrates different incarnations: wife, mother, lover, worker, ...