A cross-linguistic functional-pragmatic analysis of interjections a thesis submitted to
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- Forms of interjections signalling understanding used by Turkish native speakers Signal Category Forms of Interjections
- Primary Interjections
- 4.2.1.1. Primary Interjections 4.2.1.1.1. Hé!
- 4.2.1.1.2. Hé hé !
57 Table 11: Forms of interjections signalling understanding used by Turkish native speakers in terms of their signal types in the analyzed data Forms of interjections signalling understanding used by Turkish native speakers Signal Category Forms of Interjections Interjections signalling understanding Primary Interjections H ! H h ! E h ! (----)h h ! Heh! H ! H (----)! Hı hı ! Hı (----)! (----)hı hı! Hmm hmm! Iı ıı! Secondary Interjections Yavrum be(nim)! Interjections signalling misunderstanding H ! Interjections signalling believing to understand Hı (----)! H (----)! Interjections signalling guessing Eem! Aa! Iıı! Hıı (----)! Interjections signalling partial understanding Ee! Interjections signalling non-understanding Iıı! 4.2.1. Interjections Signalling Understanding Interjections signalling understanding are observed to be the most common signal type of interjections used by Turkish native speakers in the analyzed data. These interjections are diverse in form and used by Turkish participants for various communicative functions in the information exchange process during Taboo game sessions. The most common interjections signalling understanding by Turkish participants are !, !, H (----)! and ı ı! 58 4.2.1.1. Primary Interjections 4.2.1.1.1. Hé! In excerpt 1, Turkish interlocutor Ayşe tries to explain the guess word Disco by avoiding uttering five taboo words which are dans (dance), müzik (music), eğlenmek (to enjoy), gece (night) and kulüp (club). Excerpt 1 Ayşe is asking a question to make the Azerbaijani interlocutor understand the guess word “Bu insanlar geceleri böyle çıktıklarında nereye…” (When they go out at night, where do these people…). Azerbaijani native speaker Kaan replies “Lunatik” (Amusement Park) immediately by adding his question “ ara gidərlər?” (Where do they go?). Ayşe tries to elaborate her question with extending discourse marker yani (I mean) immediately after Azerbaijani 59 interlocutor guesses “Rəstorant? Bar” (Restaurant? Bar) with a questioning intonation. Turkish interlocutor Ayşe signals that she understands the proposition/utterance of Azerbaijani interlocutor “Rəstorant? Bar” by uttering a primary Turkish interjection H . Upon signalling her understanding of Azerbaijani interlocutor’s proposition, she tries to associate Kaan’s utterances “Rəstorant? Bar” by using “gibi” (like) to explain what she is trying to explain. She then tries to elaborate her explanation with her Turkish discourse marker “yani” (I mean) to give more detail on the basis of similar concepts related to Bar. In addition to the discourse-functional features of Turkish interjection he, as it is clear from the Figure 8, PRAAT analysis indicates that Turkish interjection he has a rising-falling intonation, which signals understanding. Figure 8: Intensity and pitch analyses of Turkish interjection he signaling understanding Moreover, it can be seen in the figure that the pitch is the highest where the understanding occurs upon hearing the words ‘restaurant’ and ‘bar’ (pub). Later on, the falling intonation of the interjection implies the planning strategy following the utterance. Intensity of Turkish interjection he concentrates in the middle of the utterance. 60 4.2.1.1.2. Hé hé ! Excerpt 2 In excerpt 2, Azerbaijani interlocutor Kaan uses Azerbaijani discourse marker “dəmeli” (You know) as a reference to supposedly shared knowledge between interlocutors, assuming that they both have the general knowledge and easily recall it. He tries to explain guess word Soyuq Savaş (Cold War) to Turkish interlocutor Ayşe by uttering “dəmeli iki ölkə arasında” (You know between two countries). Turkish interlocutor Ayşe uses the interjection ! to signal that she understands what Azerbaijani interlocutor utters by his proposition/utterance. Excerpt 3 In the example in excerpt 3, Azerbaijani interlocutor Kaan tries to explain Dalai Lama by stating imalayın yanında başqa dağ-başqa dağlar var. (There are other mountains near Himalayas). 61 Turkish interlocutor Ayşe guesses and utters a mount name she remembers at the very moment by speaking with stammer Ki-klimenjero mu? (Is it Ki- klimenjero?). However without hearing her guess, Azerbaijani interlocutor continues explicating that there is someone living on the mentioned mountain range. Ayşe understands and uses the interjection ! . In Figure 8, intensity and pitch analyses of ! are presented below. In Figure 9, Turkish interjection has two high toned elements in this context. Interestingly, it is a two-folded interjection !. First element is the Yüklə 10,54 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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