TY - JOUR
T1 - Interjections, language and the 'showing/saying' continuum
AU - Wharton, Tim
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PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - 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 that 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 continu- um between ‘showing’ and ‘saying’. These two notions are characterised in theoretical terms, and some implications of the proposed approach are considered.
AB - 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 that 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 continu- um between ‘showing’ and ‘saying’. These two notions are characterised in theoretical terms, and some implications of the proposed approach are considered.
U2 - 10.1075/pc.11.1.04wha
DO - 10.1075/pc.11.1.04wha
M3 - Article
SN - 0929-0907
VL - 11
SP - 39
EP - 91
JO - Pragmatics and Cognition
JF - Pragmatics and Cognition
IS - 1
ER -