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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">til</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Tiltanym</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Tiltanym</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2411-6076</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2709-135X</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Институт языкознания имени А.Байтурсынулы КН МОН РК</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.55491/2411-6076-2026-3-158-171</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">til-2330</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПРИКЛАДНОЕ ЯЗЫКОЗНАНИЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>APPLIED LINGUISTICS</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Репрезентация Казахстана как посредника между востоком и западом в американских аналитических медиа</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Representation of Kazakhstan as a Mediator between East and West in American Analytical Media</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7886-4982</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Аймагамбетова</surname><given-names>М. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Aimagambetova</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Малика Муратовна Аймагамбетова, автор-корреспондент, доктор философии (PhD), ассоциированный профессор</p><p>г. Алматы</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Malika Aimagambetova, Corresponding Author, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Associate Professor</p><p>Almaty</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aimagambetovamalika@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4806-798X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Халел</surname><given-names>Г. К.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khalel</surname><given-names>G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Гульсезим Конысбайкызы Халел, докторант</p><p>г. Алматы</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Gulsezim Khalel, Doctoral Student</p><p>Almaty</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">gulsezimkpl@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Казахский национальный университет имени аль-Фараби</institution><country>Казахстан</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Al-Farabi Kazakh National University</institution><country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>17</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>158</fpage><lpage>171</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Аймагамбетова М.М., Халел Г.К., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Аймагамбетова М.М., Халел Г.К.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Aimagambetova M., Khalel G.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.tiltanym.kz/jour/article/view/2330">https://www.tiltanym.kz/jour/article/view/2330</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье рассматриваются особенности репрезентации Казахстана в американском медиадискурсе через призму его посреднической роли между Востоком и Западом. Актуальность исследования обусловлена возрастающим вниманием зарубежных средств массовой информации к Центральной Азии в условиях трансформации международных отношений, усиления геополитической конкуренции и формирования новых транспортно-логистических маршрутов в Евразии. В связи с этим особый интерес представляет анализ языковых и дискурсивных механизмов международного образа Казахстана. Цель исследования заключается в выявлении языковых и дискурсивных средств формирования образа Казахстана как государства-посредника в американских медиа. Научная значимость работы состоит в расширении представлений о механизмах формирования международного имиджа государств в современном медиапространстве, а практическая значимость связана с возможностью использования результатов в исследованиях медиалингвистики, политической коммуникации и международных отношений. Материалом исследования послужили десять публикаций американских аналитических и общественно-политических изданий Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, Forbes и Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, опубликованные в 2021-2026 гг. Методологическую основу работы составили методы дискурс-анализа, лингвосемантического анализа и анализа концептуальных метафор. Установлено, что в исследуемом корпусе американских аналитических медиа Казахстан преимущественно представлен как государство, обеспечивающее взаимодействие между различными политическими, экономическими и географическими пространствами. Ключевую роль в формировании данного образа играют концепты bridge, diplomacy, neutrality, balancing, Middle Corridor, connectivity и hub, образующие единую дискурсивную модель посредничества. Выявлено, что посредническая функция Казахстана реализуется в геополитическом, дипломатическом и экономикоинфраструктурном измерениях. Научная новизна исследования заключается в систематизации основных дискурсивных моделей репрезентации Казахстана как государства-посредника в американских аналитических медиа. Результаты показывают, что в ряде исследуемых публикаций формируется позитивный образ страны, связанный с представлениями о стабильности, открытости и конструктивном международном сотрудничестве. Полученные выводы могут быть использованы при изучении международного медиадискурса и формировании стратегий продвижения позитивного имиджа Казахстана.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article examines the representation of Kazakhstan in American media discourse through the lens of its mediating role between East and West. The relevance of the research is determined by the growing attention of international media to Central Asia amid the transformation of international relations, intensifying geopolitical competition, and the emergence of new transport and logistics routes across Eurasia. Accordingly, the analysis of the linguistic and discursive mechanisms underlying Kazakhstan’s international image is of primary concern. The aim of the study is to identify the linguistic and discursive means employed by American media to construct the image of Kazakhstan as a mediating state. The scientific significance of the work lies in expanding the idea of the mechanisms through which the international image of states is constructed in the contemporary media environment; its practical significance is associated with the potential application of the findings in the fields of media linguistics, political communication, and international relations. The research material is based on ten publications from the American analytical and public affairs media outlets Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, Forbes, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, published between 2021 and 2026. The methodological framework of the research involves discourse analysis, linguistic-semantic analysis, and conceptual metaphor analysis. The findings demonstrate that, within the examined corpus of American analytical media, Kazakhstan is predominantly portrayed as a state facilitating interaction among diverse political, economic, and geographical spaces. The construction of this image is primarily based on the concepts of bridge, diplomacy, neutrality, balancing, Middle Corridor, connectivity, and hub, which collectively constitute a coherent discursive model of mediation. The study further reveals that Kazakhstan’s mediating role is articulated across three principal dimensions: geopolitical, diplomatic, and economic-infrastructural. The novelty of the study lies in the systematization of the principal discursive models through which Kazakhstan is represented as a mediating state in American analytical media. The results show that several of the analyzed publications construct a positive image of the country associated with stability, openness, and constructive international cooperation. The findings may be used in the study of international media discourse and in developing strategies to promote a positive image of Kazakhstan.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>репрезентация Казахстана</kwd><kwd>государство-посредник</kwd><kwd>американский медиадискурс</kwd><kwd>медиаобраз страны</kwd><kwd>посредничество</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>representation of Kazakhstan</kwd><kwd>intermediary state</kwd><kwd>American media discourse</kwd><kwd>media image of the country</kwd><kwd>mediation</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Әшірбекова Г.Ш., Абылханова Ә.К. 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