Farabi University

Toxanbayeva Rakhiya

25 september 2025

At the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Rakhiya Toxanbayeva will defend her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: “Linguo-semantic and cognitive characteristics of legal discourse: on the materials of the English language” 8D02306– “Foreign Philology (Western Languages)”.

The dissertation was performed at the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

Form of defense – Dissertation work.

Language of defense – English.

Official reviewers:

1. Isakova Asylymay – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Caspian State University of Technology and Engineering named after S. Sh. Esenova;

2. Kakimova Mayra Yerengaipovna – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University (Petropavl, Kazakhstan).

Scientific supervisors:

1. Kuralay KenzhekanovaPhD, senior lecturer, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Anastassia Zabrodskaja – PhD, professor (Tallinn, Estonia).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Metin Ekici PhD, Professor, Ege University (Izmir, Turkey).

2. Volkova Yana – doctor of philology, professor, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Moscow, Russia).

3. Zhunusova Zhanyldyk – doctor of philology, professor, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan).

The defense will be held in a hybrid format (online and offline) on September 25, 2025, at 10:00 at the dissertation Council at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the group of specialties/educational programs “6D021300, 8D02303 – Linguistics, 6D021000, 8D02306 – Foreign Philology, 8D01705 – Foreign languages: two foreign languages, 6D020700, 8D02302 – Translation”, 8D02208 – Turkology.

Connect to the Zoom Conference:

https://zoom.us/meetings/97369341995/invitations?signature=apEX2optv7pttt7S0kTn1TwgUOEtiXHHdL-BInS7Bak

Conference ID: 973 6934 1995

Conclusion of the ethics commissions