Wharton, Tim (2003) Interjections, language and the 'showing'-'saying' continuum. Pragmatics and Cognition, 11(1), pp. 39-91. ISSN (print) 0929-0907
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Historically, interjections have been treated in two different ways: as part of language, or as non-words signifying feelings or states of mind. In this paper, I assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of two contemporary approaches which reflect the historical dichotomy, and suggest a new analysis which preserves the insights of both. Interjections have a natural and a coded element, and are better analysed as falling at various points along a continuum between ‘showing’ and ‘saying’. These two notions are characterised in theoretical terms, and some implications of the proposed approach are considered.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Area: | Linguistics Communication, cultural and media studies |
Faculty, School or Research Centre: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (until 2017) > School of Humanities |
Depositing User: | Tim Wharton |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2011 16:22 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jan 2011 16:22 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.11.1.04wha |
URI: | http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/18070 |
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