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

Zhazira Agabekova, Aigul Baydebekkyzy Amirbekova, Kalamkas Kalybekova, Dana Ospanova, Bayan Abylayeva, Bolat Khassenov

2024

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DOI 10.30564/fls.v6i4.6753
Data confidence 70 medium
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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.