A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DISCOURSE MARKER 'NU' IN RUSSIAN AND KAZAKH: PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS AND LINGUISTIC ADAPTATION

Abstract

With a particular focus on the Russian discourse marker ‘nu’ as it is employed in both Kazakh and Russian contexts, the aim of this study is to examine the modifications that may take place when discourse markers are borrowed from one language into another. Discourse markers 2 (DMs) are essential to language because they manage interactions, structure speech, and transmit nuanced meanings. Language contact and interaction in multilingual societies frequently results in the borrowing of these pragmatic particles, which later may change their original functions and pattern of usages in the target language. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the spectrum of usage of the borrowed discourse marker in Kazakh is different from that of its native use in Russian...