GULAYHAN AQTAY Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Adjectives in Modern Kazakh The aim of the present article is to show how some types of adjectives are used in modern Kazakh. The article presents the state of research in this field. An attempt was made to demonstrate differences between spoken and normative forms. 1. State of research In contrast to the noun and the verb, the adjective in Turkic languages is not re- garded as an interesting and difficult class of words and does not attract much interest on the side of Turkologists. Regarding Kazakh, there are some studies on the Kazakh adjective, but they examine standard language and do not discuss the language used in everyday natural situations. In fact there is only one printed book devoted to adjectives – Şakenov (1961) – but there are also a few unpublished dissertations, inclu- ding Aqközov (2006), Esmatova (2005), Kulmamyrova (2010), Mamayeva (1999) and Sarbalayev (1993). Naturally, many grammars and language studies of a more general scope include chapters on adjectives: Balaqayev (1954), Isqaqov (1961), Musabayev (1951), Tölewov (1975), Orazbayeva (1988) and Janpeyisov (2002). 2. Some parallels between Kazakh and other Turkic languages It seems that Kazakh is not very different from other Turkic languages as far as the use of adjectives is concerned and it goes in line with them. Within Tur- kic languages, Kazakh is similar to those that are strongly affected by Russian as a dominant language. In this respect, Kazakh differs from Turkish as affect- ed by West European languages and the Turkic languages of Iran and China,