dc.contributor.author | Goddard, Cliff | |
dc.contributor.editor | Romero-Trillo, Jesús | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T16:03:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T16:03:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9783319060064 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-3-319-06007-1_4 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66250 | |
dc.description.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 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". | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Springer | |
dc.publisher.place | Switzerland | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06007-1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitle | Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014: New Empirical and Theoretical Paradigms | |
dc.relation.ispartofchapter | 4 | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 55 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 77 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Discourse and Pragmatics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 200403 | |
dc.title | Jesus! vs. Christ! in Australian English: Semantics, Secondary Interjections and Corpus Analysis | |
dc.type | Book chapter | |
dc.type.description | B1 - Chapters | |
dc.type.code | B - Book Chapters | |
gro.faculty | Arts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Goddard, Cliff W. | |