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dc.contributor.authorGoddard, Cliff
dc.contributor.editorRomero-Trillo, Jesús
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:03:43Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:03:43Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.isbn9783319060064
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-06007-1_4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/66250
dc.description.abstractUsing 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dc.publisher.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06007-1
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleYearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014: New Empirical and Theoretical Paradigms
dc.relation.ispartofchapter4
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom55
dc.relation.ispartofpageto77
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDiscourse and Pragmatics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200403
dc.titleJesus! vs. Christ! in Australian English: Semantics, Secondary Interjections and Corpus Analysis
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGoddard, Cliff W.


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