This research is devoted to the study of the linguistic expression of the national cultural notion in the folklore text on the example of the Kazakh and English linguistic cultures. According to the principles of modern linguistics, based on the anthropocentric paradigm, the definition of the individuality of each linguistic cultures (in this case, the Kazakh and British linguistic cultures and their languages) correspond the national and cultural values with a particularк importance. The reserach's main aim is to describe the features of the concept "tapkyrlyk-ingenuity" in folklore texts of Kazakh and British linguistic culture. The subject of the study is two fairy tales of linguistic cultures, "Jack and Beanstalk" from British folklore and "Cunning Aldar Kose" from Kazakh folklore. This study was qualitative and used ethnographic strategies. In addition, data obtained through questionnaire and text analysis. The relevance of this work is seen in the need to preserve and develop the folklore heritage of the people, which is the cultural identity of a particular ethnic group and has accumulated centuries-old spiritual and practical experiences of linguistic cultures. The results of the analysis allow the reader to draw some particular conclusions that are of interest for research that having certain distinctions in usage of the concept “tapkyrlyk-ingenuity”. Keywords: values, folklore, fairy tales, linguistic picture of the world, concept, culture, linguistic culture, worldview.

The article presents a theoretical analysis of some controversial aspects of the legislative provision of the principle of voluntary marriage in Kazakhstan, which is investigated in the necessary “triad”: voluntary mar- riage, voluntary stay in marriage and voluntary termination of marital relations. The legislator's explicit em- phasis on voluntariness, exclusively, as a principle of marriage leads to the fact that it is significantly leveled in the other two manifestations of this “triad”. The author analyzes the normative provisions of the marriage and family legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other normative legal acts of national legislation, as well as a comparative legal study of the regulatory regulation of certain private issues in neighboring coun- tries, on the basis of which some violations of the principle of voluntariness in the norms of domestic mar- riage and family legislation are illustrated. At the same time, the continuing trends of domestic legislation to- wards the presence of norms with pronounced gender asymmetry, which currently has no objective socio- legal justification, are revealed. The conflict-causing potential of the remaining legislative prohibitions in matters of divorce, which do not contribute to ensuring the principles of marriage relations in the Republic of Kazakhstan, is argued, and options for correcting legislative prescriptions are proposed in order to significant- ly reduce it.

Since the Republic of Kazakhstan gained independence, it developed market relations and established private property as the leading type of ownership. Such fundamental changes required corresponding changes in the system of law, including family law. However, such reforms often depend on the mindset, legal culture, and legal traditions that have developed in society. In Kazakhstan, the practice of concluding marriage contracts (which govern property relations between spouses) has not developed or been seriously limited. Thus, this sphere needs to be considered for further improvement. The study aims at determining the social and legal factors affecting the regulation of marital relations through the conclusion of marriage contracts in Kazakhstan. Based on an expert survey, the authors of the article have revealed both positive and negative aspects of concluding a marriage contract and considered the main reasons for a small number of such contracts concluded between citizens of Kazakhstan. There a marriage contract is a special extrajudicial way of settling property relations between spouses that may arise in the future, a means of protecting their property rights and exercising property obligations. However, this method of regulation and protection is resorted to families with a high-income level and great life experience and often in special life situations.   Received: 6 June 2022 / Accepted: 15 August 2022 / Published: 2 September 2022