FUNCTIONS OF PARTICLE AJDE IN MACEDONIAN

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Published: Jun 12, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37834/JCP2361007b
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contextualism, polysemy, discourse markers, Balkan loan

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Eleni Bužarovska
Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje

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The paper deals with the multifunctionality of the particle ajde in the Macedonan colloquial language. This Turkish loan is deeply rooted in all Balkan languages where it performs a wide range of functions in everyday oral communication. In spite of its undisputed status of a Balkanism it remains an understudied subject in typological literature. To explore the communicative potential of ajde we conducted an analysis of its discourse functions in various speech acts using a sample of collected examples from fiction works and telephone conversations. We suggest that the multifunctionality of ajde can be attributed to its contextual dependency:  the original hortative meaning of ajde accommodates to the illocutionary force of the speech act it prefaces whereby acquiring properies characteristic of interpersonal discourse markers. Ajde acts as a hedge in directives but as a booster in commissives and expressives. The opposing fucnctions of ajde can be accounted for by its ability to operate in strategies involving positive politeness, a frame so characteristic of Balkan languages.

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Bužarovska, Eleni. 2023. “FUNCTIONS OF PARTICLE AJDE IN MACEDONIAN”. Journal of Contemporary Philology 6 (1), 7–22. https://doi.org/10.37834/JCP2361007b.
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Vol 6 No 1 (2023): Journal of Contemporary Philology
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Linguistics

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