Activation of «COVID» Words in the Kazakh Language: Statistical Analysis

Authors

  • Zhazira Agabekova

    Department of Kazakh Language and Turkic Studies, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Aigul Amirbekova

    Institute of Linguistics named after A. Baitursynov, 050000 Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • Kalamkas Kalybekova

    Karaganda Technical University Named after Abylkas Saginov, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
  • Dana Ospanova

    National Scientific and Practical Center «Til-Qazyna» Named after Shaysultan Shayakhmetov, Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Bayan Abylayeva

    Bolashaq Academy, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
  • Bolat Khassenov

    Buketov Karaganda University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v6i4.6753
Received: 14 June 2024 | Revised: 3 July 2024 | Accepted: 8 July 2024 | Published Online: 27 September 2024

Abstract

Some words in the Kazakh language became more active during the pandemic. This article describes which words were most often used in the Kazakh language during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research materials were taken from Google Trends and the National Corpus of the Kazakh language. The analysis showed that in the Kazakh language words like koronavırýs-coronavirus (noun); covid (noun); COVID-19 (noun); pandemıa-pandemic (noun); koronavırýstyq ınfeksıa-coronavirus infection (adjective+ noun); karantın-quarantine (noun); ózin-ózi oqshaýlaý-self-isolation (pronoun+gesture name); lokdaýn-lokdaun (noun); áleýmettik qashyqtyq-social distance (adjective+noun); qashyqtyqtan oqytý-distance learning (noun+gesture name) were frequently used. The article has developed a visualization of the frequency of use of words with statistical diagrams.

Keywords:

Pandemic; COVID-19; Kazakh language

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Agabekova, Z., Amirbekova, A., Kalybekova, K., Ospanova, D., Bayan Abylayeva, & Khassenov, B. (2024). Activation of «COVID» Words in the Kazakh Language: Statistical Analysis. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 6(4), 194–202. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v6i4.6753

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Vol. 6 , Iss. 4 (October 2024)

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