Norms of the Polish Language Used in Poland and Abroad (in the Ukraine) as a Research Problem

The paper discusses the normative aspects of the Polish language presently used in the Ukraine by the speakers of Polish descent living there as well as by the Ukrainians who learn Polish as a foreign language. The problems relating the objectively defined language norms for Polish used abroad are analysed in the context of the contemporary debate on solutions proposed within the realm of prescriptive linguistics in Poland. The author suggests extrapolating the conception of a twin-level language norm adopted in Poland for the two discussed cases of Polish spoken in the Ukraine. The author advocates the universally obligatory nature of the Standard Polish language ideal norm. At the same time, he considers expanding the scope of the real norms for foreign Polish language varieties for the speakers of Polish of foreign descent. Also emphasized is the need for developing a set of didactic language norms for the Ukrainian learners of Polish