This paper deals with discourse markers (politeness expressions, vocatives, adverbials, act formulae, etc.) in situations of remote language contact, i.e., contact situation in which the speakers of two languages in contact live in geographically distant places. The first part of the paper presents some of the most significant definitions of discourse markers that have appeared in previous research (Schiffrin 1987, Heine 2019, Muller 2005, Blakemore 1987). We further look into their individual characteristics, explore their functions, and list their types. The second part of the paper deals with linguistic borrowing in situations of remote language contact and the impact this phenomenon has on discourse markers. Additionally, this paper provides a summary of previous studies on discourse markers in the situation of remote language contact and explores different situations of language contact, including the contact between English and languages such as Finnish, Polish, Cypriot Greek and Serbian. These studies share some common conclusions highlighting the coexistence of borrowed discourse markers with the native ones and indicating that discourse markers in situations of remote language contact are primarily used in informal contexts in the recipient language and are associated with youth and urbanity.