• ALIVE LONG FRIEND: HOW DOES MEREDITH GREY’S EVOLUTION IN GREY’S ANATOMY’S SCREEN NARRATIVE CULTIVATE A SENSE OF ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY AMONGST FANS? 

  Zhakupova, Aidana (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  The idea of "ontological security" is becoming popular in recent years since it describes the sense of constancy and continuity that people feel in their lives. This notion becomes particularly relevant to the fans of ...
• CAPSTONE PROJECT: PITCH CHANGE IN KAZAKH-RUSSIAN-ENGLISH MULTILINGUAL YOUNG ADULTS 

  Isteliyeva, Aida (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  If you ever interacted with the same person in different languages, you might have noticed their voice sounding differently. This phenomenon is the object of this study about the change of pitch Kazakh-Russian-English ...
• SOUTH WESTERN AND EASTERN TURKIC FEATURES IN THE KARABULAK DIALECT OF UZBEK 

  Turgunova, Yulduzkhan (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  Some Turkic texts written between the 13th-15th centuries exhibit the linguistic characteristics of both Oghuz and Eastern Turkic (Erdal, 2015, p. 135). This phenomenon is named as ‘olga- ~ bolga- dili’ (mixed language) ...
• MODERN PERSUASION: REPACKAGING AUSTEN FOR CONTEMPORARY FEMALE AUDIENCES 

  Kairatkyzy, Nazym (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  Persuasion is the last completed novel of Jane Austen that depicts the author’s progressive vision on womanhood amid the rise of feminism in early 19th century England. The feminist director, Carrie Cracknell, revisits the ...
• MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF SLANG WORDS BORROWED FROM ENGLISH INTO RUSSIAN: A CASE STUDY OF TIK-TOK 

  Saduakhassova, Bayan (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  In the age of technological advances, languages experience imminent variations at higher rates due to frequent digital communication on the Internet. Social media platforms, messengers have allowed people to communicate ...
• PRESENT, YET INVISIBLE: AVDOTYA PANAEVA AS AN EXEMPLARY CASE OF THE REALIST WOMEN WRITERS BEING SHIFTED TO THE CORNER OF THE RUSSOPHONE LITERARY CANON 

  Demidenko, Darya (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022-05)

  One can hardly study Russophone literature without diving into its classics, which is mostly represented by the realist writers and poets2 . Lermontov, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy, all of these prominent ...
• MAPPING PARTICIPANT FRAMEWORKS IN THE AITYS OF BIRZHAN AND SARA 

  Dubuisson, Eva-Marie (Journal of Linguistic anthropology, 2021)

  Here the lens of the "mapping problem" described by Judith Irvine in participant framework studies is used to analyze shifts in the cultural tale “The Aitys of Birzhan and Sara” from its origin as an improvisational verbal ...
• RELATIVE CLAUSES IN MODERN SPOKEN KAZAKH 

  Akanov, Akyl (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022)

  There are 126 languages spoken in Kazakhstan (Suleimenova et al., 2007). Among these, Kazakh and Russian remain the two most commonly spoken languages, with approximately 74% of the population reporting spoken fluency ...
• SHARED DESTINIES: EMILE CIORAN, YASMINA REZA AND THE APOLOGY OF REJECTION 

  Villamía, Luis (Universidad de Murcia, 2020-05-10)

  There is no doubt regarding the influence exer-cized by the work of Emile Cioran upon Yasmi-na Reza’s fictional texts. Not only some of her theater characters are inspired in the figure of Cioran, but both writers share a ...
• Why Kazakh Comedians Do Not Make Jokes About Women Anymore: A Study of Humorous Monologues About Women 

  lyassova, Ulbazar (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-08)

  Making jokes about women is a common pattern in contemporary male-dominated Kazakh comedy. Kazakh comedians make critical jokes about women, judging women’s behaviour and appearance and ridiculing them for following beauty ...
• Through The Hardship of Short Fiction Narration: Challenges of Finding The Voice 

  Yespanova, Assyl (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-01)

  The main aim of this project is to investigate the concept of the author’s voice. The methodic includes the research of the theoretical framework of the construction of the voice and the actual creation of the short ...
• COMMUNICATION WITHOUT ANY COMMON LANGUAGE: SPOKEN AND SIGN LANGUAGE USERS 

  Imanbayeva, Alima (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-16)

  The process of social interaction is a common phenomenon and is performed for various reasons: to make acquaintances, share knowledge or solve problems. It is typically unproblematic to speak with people if you share the ...
• Cross-cultural comparison of higher education in Kazakhstan and South Korea 

  Kabdrakhmanova, Adiya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-15)

  The importance of human capital in economic growth is undeniable. Among all of the investments of human capital, investment in education is very vital for the economic growth process. Achievements in education directly ...
• Translation of the Drag Slang in RuPaul’s Drag Race 

  Turkmenova, Zhasmina (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05)

  “RuPaul’s Drag Race” introduces the audience to very specific discourse, which quickly became a subject for interdisciplinary research. Drag discourse is an artificial language characterized by a provocative and artistic ...
• The Process of Learning L2 English: Case Study of Child with L1 Russian 

  Aliyeva, Meruyert (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05)

  In the sphere of SLE, the Communicative Learning Teaching (CLT) method is considered the most effective method nowadays. Since it focuses more on the communication of the students in the classroom for the ability to actually ...
• Forgive or Kill: One More Story of Sexual Violence Victim 

  Kuzdikbay, Ainur (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05)

  The theme of sexual violence was and stays crucial in Kazakhstani society, being one of the main concerns of women. However, it is merely discussed in local media, television, and literary works. Therefore, this creative ...
• Searching for the Yet-Nonexistent: Contemporary Kazakhstani Poetry and Kazakh Identity 

  Kazhyakpar, Aibarsha (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05)

  This project explores the narratives that contemporary Kazakhstani poets Ardak Nurgazy and Anuar Duisenbinov, who belong to two marginal groups of the society, build around the question of Kazakh national identity. In their ...
• (Un)Problematic Holden: Dichotomous reception of "The Catcher in the Rye" 

  Abu, Alina (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-15)

  Is the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, an innocent teenager who struggles with the faults of the cruel and unjust adult world, or is he a “phony” hypocrite himself who due to his immaturity is ...
• “There Is No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk”: Overcoming Traumatic Experience Through Comedy 

  Zhakhina, Roza (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020)

  This capstone project consists of a short story called “There Is No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk” and its analysis. Both parts are dedicated to the exploration of methods of overcoming trauma through humor and irony. The ...
• Comparative Urban Linguistic Landscapes In Kazakhstan 

  Kyrgyzbek, Kamazhay (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05)

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