Emotive Interjections in British English

A corpus-based study on variation in acquisition, function and usage

Ulrike Stange | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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Emotive Interjections in British English: A corpus-based study on variation in acquisition, function and usage constitutes the first in-depth corpus-based study on the use of emotive interjections in Present Day British English. In a novel approach, it systematically distinguishes between child and adult speakers, providing new insights into how they use Ow!, Ouch!, Ugh!, Yuck!, Whoops!, Whoopsadaisy! and Wow! in everyday spoken language. It studies in detail their acquisition by children and pinpoints changes and developments in their use throughout early childhood. The study highlights particularities displayed by child and adult speakers in general and identifies crucial differences regarding how adults use emotive interjections depending on whether they are interacting with children or other adults. This book thus offers an exhaustive overview on the functions of emotive interjections based on thorough empirical research and will appeal to linguists concerned with pragmatics, child language acquisition, the expression of emotion and interjections.

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 75] 2016. xxi, 221 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.75

Table of Contents

List of tables
Abbreviations
Symbols used in transcripts

Acknowledgements | pp. xxi–21

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Interjections: Preparing the ground
Chapter 3. Interjections as a means of expressing emotions
Chapter 4. Properties of emotive interjections
Chapter 5. Research design
Chapter 6. Emotive interjections in British English: A case study
Chapter 7. Emotive interjections in British English: Summary and implications
Chapter 8. Conclusion and outlook
Notes
References
Data Set I details
A.. Data Set I details
B.. Basis for division into age groups II–IV

Index | pp. 219–221

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