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
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.
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