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Epistemic and pragmatic functions of ja ne znaju ‘I don’t know’ in contemporary Russian

Example 13
- Delo v tom čto vse ravno tak ili
fact in that what all equally so or
inače nanositsja udar po dumajuščej časti našegoobščestva
differently applies blow by thinking part our society
- Ona malen’kaja vse men’še i men’še
she small all less and less
- Na moj vzgljad problema imenno v ètom i
on my sight problem exactly in this and
kto stoit za ètim ne znaju Vot ja
who stands behind this NEG know here I
posmotrel nedavno velikolepnyj fil’m pokazyvajut čto sejčas nužno
watched recently excellent film they.show that now necessary
sdelat’ pereryv
to.do break
- Sekundočku
one.second
- The fact is that anyway, one way or another, a blow is dealt to the thinking part of our society
- It’s getting smaller and smaller
- In my opinion, this is the problem. And I don’t know who is behind this. I recently watched a
great film. They show that now we need to take a break.
- Wait a second

ple is (14), where it’s use by the speaker anticipates that she is suggesting
several different sites where dangerous books should be stored.
Conclusions
The analysis conducted on the corpus has revealed that ja ne znaju oper-
ates in discourse not only as an epistemic statement of uncertainty, but as
a device endowed with several other functional features. Considering ja

Example 14
Pavel Nikolaevič pro drugoe pro drugoe choču u
Pavel Nikolaevič about other about other I.want by
vas sprosit’ potomu čto vot vy govorite čto vse
you ask because here you say that everything
ravno nužno kak-to ograničivat’ special’nymi tam ja ne
equally necessary somehow limit special there I NEG
znaju izdanijami ili special’nymi bibliotekami naučnymi krugami i
know publications or special libraries scientific circles and
tak dalee
so further
Pavel Nikolaevič, about something else. I want to ask you about something else. Because you say
that it is necessary to somehow limit it with special, I don’t know, publications or special libraries,
scientific circles, and so on

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