Keyword: «akhmet baitursynov»

The article is devoted to the Kazakh educator Akhmet Baitursynov, a Turkologist, the founder of Kazakh linguistics and literary criticism, a reformer of national writing based on Arabic script, a translator, a public figure of the «Alash» party. In connection with the 150th anniversary of the scientist, the public of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a number of anniversary events that made it possible to rethink the scientific heritage of the “teacher of the nation”, emphasize the significance of his scientific works and pay attention to the observance of the principle of intellectual continuity. The author emphasizes the invaluable contribution of A. Baitursynov's research in the field of term formation, supports the need to use one's own resources of the Kazakh language and develop the language potential. A. Baitursynov, when creating Kazakh terms, actively used, first of all, the method of tracing, less often – semantic, morphological and syntactic methods of word formation.