FILLER WORDS IN RUSSIAN, ENGLISH AND GERMAN: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
This article is devoted to the use of filler words in oral speech. The author shows that these words are not always redundant in the phrase and perform a number of functions: fill pauses in the conversation, describe emotions of a speaker, express a response of a listener and his estimation, as well as act as appellative markers. A summary table of classification of Russian, English and German filler words is given according to their functions.