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Interjections in language and speech

Summary/Abstract: Interjections make up a part of speech which is much more complex and varied than it looks at first sight. Without limiting to their formal structure and considering similar or equivalent functions and usage, the part of speech might include more linguistic phenomena than are usually attributed to interjections in traditional grammars. In dialects interjections are not so numerous. They are mostly used in re/telling a story, i.e. in telling about the past, in fairy-tales etc.Research into the usage of interjections, their motivation and expression of national identity could promote their more frequent usage. This is particularly relevant today, when we can witness the evolvement of the language of information technologies. To identify the position of interjections in the system of language, to clearly define their role in the lexicon, to include them in dictionaries and define in the databases and annotated corpora, further detailed and consistent research into their usage would be indispensable. Such research could also contribute to ethno-linguistic investigation.

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