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  • The semantics of interjections: An experimental study with natural semantic metalanguage

    Author(s)
    Gladkova, Anna
    Vanhatalo, Ulla
    Goddard, Cliff
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Goddard, Cliff W.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    The paper reports the results of a pilot experimental study aimed at evaluating NaturalSemantic Metalanguage (NSM) explications of English interjections. It proposes a novel online survey-based technique to test NSM explications with language speakers. In particular, the survey tests recently developed semantic explications of selected English interjections - wow, gosh, gee, yikes ('surprise' group) and yuck, ugh ('disgust' group), as published in Goddard (2014a). The results provide overall support for the proposed explications and indicate directions for their development. Interestingly, neither respondents' pre-existing ...
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    The paper reports the results of a pilot experimental study aimed at evaluating NaturalSemantic Metalanguage (NSM) explications of English interjections. It proposes a novel online survey-based technique to test NSM explications with language speakers. In particular, the survey tests recently developed semantic explications of selected English interjections - wow, gosh, gee, yikes ('surprise' group) and yuck, ugh ('disgust' group), as published in Goddard (2014a). The results provide overall support for the proposed explications and indicate directions for their development. Interestingly, neither respondents' pre-existing knowledge of NSM nor other background variables (age, gender, being a native speaker or studying linguistics) prove to be important in influencing the test results.
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    Journal Title
    Applied Psycholinguistics
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716415000260
    Subject
    Psychology
    Language, communication and culture
    Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax)
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/166676
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