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  • Jesus! vs. Christ! in Australian English: Semantics, Secondary Interjections and Corpus Analysis

    Author(s)
    Goddard, Cliff
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    Goddard, Cliff W.
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    Using corpus-assisted semantic analysis, conducted in the NSM framework (Wierzbicka 1996; Goddard 2011), this chapter explores the meanings and uses of two closely-related secondary interjections, namely, Jesus! and Christ!, in Australian English. The interjections Shit! and Fuck! are touched on briefly. From a methodological point of view, the chapter can be read as a study in how corpus techniques and semantic analysis can work in tandem; in particular, how interaction with a corpus can be used to develop, refine and test fine-grained semantic hypotheses. From a content point of view, this study seeks to demonstrate two ...
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    Using corpus-assisted semantic analysis, conducted in the NSM framework (Wierzbicka 1996; Goddard 2011), this chapter explores the meanings and uses of two closely-related secondary interjections, namely, Jesus! and Christ!, in Australian English. The interjections Shit! and Fuck! are touched on briefly. From a methodological point of view, the chapter can be read as a study in how corpus techniques and semantic analysis can work in tandem; in particular, how interaction with a corpus can be used to develop, refine and test fine-grained semantic hypotheses. From a content point of view, this study seeks to demonstrate two key propositions: first, that it is possible to identify semantic invariants, i.e. stable meanings, even for highly context-bound items such as interjections; second, that it is possible to capture and model speakers' awareness of the degree and nature of the "offensiveness" of secondary interjections, in a Metalexical Awareness component that attaches, so to speak, to particular words. Both these propositions challenge much conventional assumptions about the nature and interfacing between semantics and pragmatics. A final question raised in the study is how linguists can come to terms with the fact that people use interjections not only orally but also mentally, in "inner speech".
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    Book Title
    Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014: New Empirical and Theoretical Paradigms
    Publisher URI
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06007-1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06007-1_4
    Subject
    Discourse and Pragmatics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66250
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