Formy gramatyczne zwrotów do osób we współczesnym ukraińskim dyskursie politycznym: norma i praktyka

The aim of this article is to present various grammatical forms of expressions to persons in texts being part of contemporary political discourse, and to analyse them in the light of current morphological standard included in new edition of „Ukrainskyi pravopys” of 2019, as well as to compare them with morphological standards specified in previous edition of „Ukrainskyi pravopys” of 1993. Normative grammatical forms of expressions to persons are of particular interest. Changes in use of the vocative included in new „Ukrainskyi pravopys” are characterized, and also their application in contemporary Ukrainian political discourse. Main deviations from the standard in creation of forms of expressions to persons are listed and described. The reasons of ignoring by Ukrainian politicians one of prescriptive morphological standards of contemporary Ukrainian literary language, i.e. using of vocative in expressions to persons, are uncovered. Key words: expressions to persons, vocative, nominative, prescriptive morphological standards, morphological system, contemporary Ukrainian political discourse