The acquisition of the state status of the Kazakh language in the years of independence gave a powerful impetus to the activation of innovative processes of word and meaning formation in the lexical and semantic system of the modern Kazakh language. The purpose of the monograph is to study the current state of the vocabulary of the Kazakh language, the dynamics of its development during the years of independence, to identify active derivative and lexico-semantic processes, to establish the conformity of the neoplasms to the norms of the literary Kazakh language.