LINGUISTIC SOCIALIZATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIC IDENTITY IN POST-REFORM KAZAKHSTAN: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE “ADAL AZAMAT” CONCEPT

LINGUISTIC SOCIALIZATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIC IDENTITY IN POST-REFORM KAZAKHSTAN: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE “ADAL AZAMAT” CONCEPT

Aibolat S. NABIDULLIN, Zhuldyz KURMAMBAYEVA, Gulsim NUREKESHOVA & Ainagul TAZHENOVA

ÖZET
State-orchestrated language reform and civic identity formation converge in ways that remain underexplored in post-Soviet contexts of deliberate national consolidation. This study examines how linguistic resocialization relates to civic norm internalization within Kazakhstan’s “Adal Azamat” (Responsible Citizen) framework. Concurrent mixedmethods design combined a stratified five-site survey (n = 780) with semi-structured interviews (n = 42) conducted September 2023–February 2024. Cluster analysis yielded three distinct profiles, interpreted as stages of linguistic socialization (nominative acquisition, pragmatic appropriation, axiological internalization); this theoretically motivated sequence cannot be tested cross-sectionally. Hierarchical regression identified linguistic practice as the strongest normative-internalization predictor (β = 0.61, p < .001), weaker among rural respondents (interaction β = −0.14, p = .003). A bootstrapped mediation model was consistent with an indirect pathway through axiological internalization, though cross-sectional data preclude causal conclusions. Language practice and civic norm internalization are closely linked, making value-laden practice a promising language-policy and civic-education target.

ABSTRACT
State-orchestrated language reform and civic identity formation converge in ways that remain underexplored in post-Soviet contexts of deliberate national consolidation. This study examines how linguistic resocialization relates to civic norm internalization within Kazakhstan’s “Adal Azamat” (Responsible Citizen) framework. Concurrent mixedmethods design combined a stratified five-site survey (n = 780) with semi-structured interviews (n = 42) conducted September 2023–February 2024. Cluster analysis yielded three distinct profiles, interpreted as stages of linguistic socialization (nominative acquisition, pragmatic appropriation, axiological internalization); this theoretically motivated sequence cannot be tested cross-sectionally. Hierarchical regression identified linguistic practice as the strongest normative-internalization predictor (β = 0.61, p < .001), weaker among rural respondents (interaction β = −0.14, p = .003). A bootstrapped mediation model was consistent with an indirect pathway through axiological internalization, though cross-sectional data preclude causal conclusions. Language practice and civic norm internalization are closely linked, making value-laden practice a promising language-policy and civic-education target.

ANAHTAR KELİMELER: Linguistic socialization, Civic identity, Adal Azamat, Language reform, Kazakhstan

KEYWORDS: Linguistic socialization, Civic identity, Adal Azamat, Language reform, Kazakhstan

DOI : [PDF]