Issabekova Uldar Keldibekovna
Candidate of Philology
Associate Professor
Institute of Project Management
Department of Kazakh and Russian languages
Email: u.issabekova@satbayev.111
Professional biography
Research focuses of Uldar Keldibekovna on the development of modern Turkology in the digital era, the reconstruction of the paremiological worldview of Turkic peoples, and the creation of a comparative-historical corpus of Turkic languages. She pays particular attention to advancing the concept of the “Digital Kazakh Language”, based on the integration of innovative technologies and artificial intelligence (AI/NLP) methods into the study and teaching of the Kazakh language. As the author of the concept of digital paremiology, she develops a comparative-historical corpus of Turkic proverbs.
Academic Qualifications
Master’s Thesis “Development of Roots in the Kazakh Language” – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 1997 (Scientific Advisor: Prof. B. Sagyndykuly).
Candidate of Philological Sciences Dissertation “Root-related Words in the Kazakh Language (Diachronic and Synchronic Aspects)” – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 2002 (Scientific Advisor: Prof. B. Sagyndykuly).
Doctoral Dissertation (in progress) “The Paremiological Worldview of the Karakhanid Period (11th Century) Based on the Material of Kazakh, Bashkir, and Kyrgyz Languages” – Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Scientific Advisor: Corresponding Member of RAS, Prof. A. V. Dybo).
Teaching Activity
Since 2000, she has taught at leading universities in Kazakhstan: Kazakh State Academy of Architecture and Construction (2000–2004); Kazakh State Women’s Pedagogical Institute (2000–2005); Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (2004–2011).
She worked as Head of the Department of State Language under the Almaty City Administration (2009), Senior Researcher at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2009–2011), and Senior Researcher at the International Turkic Academy (2010–2014).
In 2015, she taught at the Department of Turkic Philology, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Since 2021, she has been an Associate Professor at Satbayev University.
Education
In 1997, she graduated with honors from the Faculty of Philology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, majoring in Kazakh Language and Literature. She then completed her Master’s program (1997–1999) and postgraduate studies (1999–2001) at the same university.
From 2014 to 2017, she studied in the doctoral program at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Institute of Asian and African Studies) under the scientific supervision of Professor D. M. Nasilov, Doctor of Philology. Since 2018, she has been a research doctoral fellow at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Department of Ural-Altaic Languages).
Scientific projects
Author of over 80 scientific and methodological works, including 2 monographs, 1 dictionary, and more than 30 textbooks and manuals.
She has led and participated in more than 10 research projects, including: “Turkological Information Space: System of Electronic Bibliographic Indexes” (2010–2013); “The Role and Significance of Medieval Written Monuments in the Historical Development of Turkic Languages” (2010–2013); international project “Creation of an Electronic Dialectological Atlas of Turkic Languages” (2018, Russian Science Foundation, supervised by Prof. A. V. Dybo).
Her papers have been published in national and international journals (Scopus, Web of Science, RSCI, VAK, NCSTE of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan) and address Turkic paremiology and etymology, cognitive semantics, and digital Turkology.
Publications
Monographs and Textbooks:Old Turkic Dictionary // co-author. – Astana: Gylym, 2016. – 715 p.
History of the Development of Medieval Monuments. – Astana, 2011. – 215 p.
Kazakh Language (Textbook for Turkish Citizens) (co-authored). – Almaty: Kazakh State Women’s Pedagogical Institute Press, 2001 – 1st edition; Astana, 2014 – 2nd edition.
Kazakh Language. Elementary Level. Textbook. – Almaty: Zhazushy, 2007.
Kazakh Language. Basic Level. Textbook.
Kazakh Language. Intermediate Level. Textbook.
Kazakh Language. Upper-Intermediate Level. Textbook.
Kazakh Language. Advanced Level. Textbook.
Kazakh Language. Elementary Level. Electronic Textbook. – Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, 2007.
Articles and Conference Papers:Transformation of the Paremiological Fund: Kazakh Proverbs and World Culture. // Bulletin of Toraighyrov University. Philological Series. No. 1. Pavlodar, 2024. – 431 p. (pp. 207–221). ISSN 2710-3528.
Kurtuluş Savaşında Kadınlar ve Edebi Eserlere Yansiması (Türkiye ve Kazakistan Örneği). // Symposium “100th Anniversary of the Battle of Sakarya”. Ankara, 9–11 September 2021.
Concept “Fate” in Kazakh and Arabic Linguistic Worldviews. // Bulletin of South Ural State University. Series: Linguistics. – Chelyabinsk, 2019. – Vol. 16, No. 3. – pp. 25–31.
Features of the Historical Development of the Concept QUT. // Text. Book. Publishing. – Tomsk: Tomsk State University, No. 13, 2017. – pp. 5–16.
Concept “QUT” in a Historical Perspective. // Language and Culture. – No. 3, 2016.
Mahmud Kashgari – the Founder of Areal Linguistics. // Bulletin of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). Series: Theory of Language. Semiotics. Semantics. – Vol. 8, No. 2, 2017. – pp. 301–308.
The Personality of Mahmud Kashgari in the Dialogue of Medieval Cultures. // Bulletin of RUDN. Series: Issues of Education: Languages and Specialization. – No. 2, 2017.
Concept “Qut” in the Kazakh Linguistic Worldview. // Philology and Culture. – Kazan: Kazan Federal University, No. 2(44), 2016. – pp. 82–88.
Mahmud Kashgari – the Founder of Areal Linguistics. // International Symposium on Altay Communities Home-Family and Family Values. – Istanbul, Turkey, 24–26 July 2017.
Zhusup Balasagun as a Turkic Historical Linguistic Figure. // 2nd Humanities Forum “The Great Steppe”. – Astana, 25–26 May 2017.
The Concept “Qut” in the Linguistic Picture of the World of the Kazakh Language. // International Conference “The Eternal Language of the Eternal Nation”. – Nazarbayev University, Astana, 24–25 November 2016.
Mahmud Kashgari – the Turkic Linguistic Personality. // International Conference “Modern Problems of Turkology: Language–Literature–Culture”. – Moscow, 17–18 November 2016.
The Role of Medieval Turkic Heritage in the Upbringing of the Younger Generation. // International Scientific-Practical Conference "From the Turkic El to the Kazakh Khanate". – Moscow State University (ISAA), 15–17 July 2016.
The Linguo-Cultural Concept of “Love” in the Turkic Worldview. // Forum of Humanities “The Great Steppe”. – Astana, 23–25 May 2016.
Mahmud Kashgari as a Linguistic Personality. // Issues of Turkic Philology. Issue XI. – Moscow: MBA Publishing House, 2016. – pp. 104–115.
The Concept of “Love” in the Monument “Kutadgu Bilig” by Balasagun. // XIII International Turkological Conference “Dmitriev Readings”. – Moscow State University, 9 October 2015.
The Concept of “Love” in Medieval Written Monuments. // International Scientific-Practical Conference “Alisher Navoi and the Medieval East”. – Moscow State University, 18–19 February 2016.
Articles in International Journals:The Dynamics of Turkism Usage in the English Language: An Analysis Based on Google Ngram Data. // Forum for Linguistic Studies. – Vol. 7, Issue 1, January 2025, pp. 456–470. ISSN: 2705-0602 (Online), 2705-0610 (Print).
Classification and Translation of Generic Names in Literary Texts. // International Journal of Society, Culture & Language. – 2025; 13(1): 147–159. doi: 10.22034/ijscl.2025.2047739.3839.
A Study of the Sociolinguistic Situation of Native Languages Among Turkic Ethnic Minorities in Kazakhstan. // Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics (EJAL). – Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2025. ISSN 2149-1135.
Absattar, A., Ramazanov, T., Sadyk, A., Kulbayeva, A., & Issabekova, U. (2025). Emotive-Evaluative Lexicon in Kazakhstani and Foreign Media: Anthropocentric and Pragmatic Perspectives. // Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(11), 1463–1477. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i11.11799.
| № | Article title | Journal title | Direction | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ПАРЕМИОЛОГИЯЛЫҚ ҚОРДЫҢ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯСЫ: ҚАЗАҚ МАҚАЛДАРЫ ЖӘНЕ ӘЛЕМ МӘДЕНИЕТІ | Торайғыров университетінің хабаршысы. Филология сериясы | Филология ғылымдары | 2024 |