In:Emotive Interjections in British English: A corpus-based study on variation in acquisition, function and usage
Ulrike Stange-Hundsdörfer
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 75] 2016
► pp. vii–x
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Published online: 21 January 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.75.toc
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Table of contents
List of tables
xi
List of figures
xv
Abbreviations
xvii
Symbols used in transcripts
xix
Acknowledgements
xxi
Chapter 1Introduction
1
1.1Aims and scope
2
1.2Structure of the book
4
Chapter 2Interjections: Preparing the ground
5
2.1Definitions and approaches
5
2.2The categorisation of interjections
8
2.2.1Primary and secondary interjections
8
2.2.2Expressive, conative and phatic interjections
9
2.2.3Expletive interjections
14
2.2.4Onomatopoeia
16
2.3Parameters of interjectionality
17
2.4Re-defining and categorising interjections
18
2.5Interjections selected for analysis
21
Chapter 3Interjections as a means of expressing emotions
25
3.1Emotive interjections: At the interface of emotion research and linguistics
25
3.2Emotions and feelings communicated via interjections
30
3.3Emotive interjections and (first) language acquisition
31
Chapter 4Properties of emotive interjections
33
4.1Formal properties
34
4.1.1Phonetics and phonology
34
4.1.2Morphology and word-formation processes
36
4.1.3Semantics
38
4.1.4Pragmatic features
42
4.1.5Interjections and gestures
45
4.1.6Syntax
47
4.1.7Etymology
48
4.2Functions and usage
50
4.2.1Interjections of pain
52
4.2.2Interjections of disgust
56
4.2.3Interjections of surprise I
61
4.2.4Interjections of surprise II
66
Chapter 5Research design
71
5.1Purpose of the present case study
71
5.2Research questions
72
5.3Data sets
75
5.4Method
77
5.5A brief note on register
80
5.6Methodological issues
81
Chapter 6Emotive interjections in British English: A case study
85
6.1Interjections of pain
85
6.1.1
Ow! and Ouch! in child speech
85
6.1.2
Ow! and Ouch! in adult speech
102
6.1.3
Ow! and Ouch! in child vs. adult speech
111
6.2Interjections of disgust
114
6.2.1
Ugh! and Yuck! in child speech
114
6.2.2
Ugh! and Yuck! in adult speech
123
6.2.3
Ugh! and Yuck! in child vs. adult speech
132
6.3Interjections of surprise I
136
6.3.1
Whoops! and Whoopsadaisy! in child speech
136
6.3.2
Whoops! and Whoopsadaisy! in adult speech
152
6.3.3
Whoops! and Whoopsadaisy! in child vs. adult speech
160
6.4Interjections of surprise II
165
6.4.1
Wow! in child speech
165
6.4.2
Wow! in adult speech
170
6.4.3
Wow! in child vs. adult speech
175
Chapter 7Emotive interjections in British English: Summary and implications
177
7.1Emotive interjections in child speech
177
7.1.1Asano 1997—Stange 2009—present case study
183
7.1.2Interjections: The relevance of input in early childhood
185
7.1.3Cognitive and social-emotional development: Effects on the use of interjections in child speech
186
7.2Emotive interjections in adult speech
191
7.3Emotive interjections in child vs. adult speech
195
7.4Re-defining and categorising interjections—revisited
199
Chapter 8Conclusion and outlook
203
References
207
Appendix
215
Index
219
