LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES OF KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH: THE VALUE OF KAZAKH IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHANGING LINGUISTIC MARKETPLACE

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2017

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Akanova, Gulnar

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Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities

Abstract

This paper focuses on language ideologies of contemporary Kazakhstani young people based on fieldwork conducted in the new capital city of Astana. The Kazakhstani younger generation has complex language ideologies regarding the value of Kazakh, Russian, and English which affect young people’s use of languages in different contexts. Russian is not likely to lose its value in the near future, while the current trends promise an increase in popular support for the use of Kazakh.

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Language ideologies of Kazakhstani youth, қазақ тілінің құндылығы, linguistic marketplace, ценность казахского языка, русский язык, казахский язык, Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Languages and linguistics

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Gulnar Akanova (2017) Language ideologies of Kazakhstani youth: the value of kazakh in the context of a changing linguistic marketplace. Қазақстандық жастардың тілдік идеологиялары: өзгермелі лингвистикалық нарық тұрғысындағы қазақ тілінің құндылығы. Языковые идеологии казахстанской молодежи: ценность казахского языка в контексте изменяющегося лингвистического рынка.