The pragmatism of emotional-expressive words in Kazakh linguistics: A study of M. Auezov’s ‘The Way of Abai’

Abstract The issue of the research of emotional lexemes is conditioned upon pragmatic relations, which constitute an important basis in the definition of expressive language units. The purpose of the research is to analyse features of emotional and expressive linguistic units, considering the cognitive and linguistic nature of words in M. Auezov’s work ‘The Way of Abai.’ The methods used to achieve the research objectives were: generalization, axiomatic, content analysis, and comparative analysis. The results of the work have determined that using words depends on a different range of emotions, where a particular situation influences the traditions and perceptions of the period concerned, developing a linguistic picture of the world. The practical significance of the research is in using the results of the research by linguists, experts, and specialists in the field of pedagogy and linguistics.