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4.3. Forms and Functions of Interjections of Azerbaijani native speakers
Forms and Functions of Interjections of Azerbaijani native speakers based
on the signal types will be presented in this sub-section. General signal types of
interjections of Azerbaijani native speakers are classified based on Rehbein &
Romaniuk’s signal categories of H’s parts of ‘Communicative Apparatus’ (CA)
under the following headings:
Understanding, Misunderstanding, Believing to
understand, Guessing, Partial understanding and
Non-understanding. As can be
seen in Table 9, unlike the analyzed Turkish data, there is no secondary
interjection occurrence. Furthermore, there is not any occurrence of Azerbaijani
interjection signalling
partial understanding.
Table 13:
Forms of interjections signalling understanding used by Azerbaijani
native speakers in the analyzed data
Forms of interjections signalling understanding used by Azerbaijani native
speakers
Signal Category
Forms of Interjections
Interjections signalling
understanding
Primary Interjections
A !
A (----)!
H (----)!
H h !
A h !
H (----)!
H h !
H h h !
Hı(m) (----)!
Hı hı !
I h
ı (m)
!
Mm!
Interjections signalling
misunderstanding
-----------------------------------------------------------
------
Interjections signalling
believing to
understand
Aaa (----)!
Interjections signalling
guessing
Eee!
Aa (----)!
Imm!
Mmm!
Interjections signalling
partial
understanding
-----------------------------------------------------------
------
Interjections signalling
non-understanding
Ee!
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Functions of the mentioned forms of interjections signalling understanding
are quite distinctive in terms of their uses and functions with respect to their
phonological features. Those features of interjections signalling understanding
will be presented with selected examples from the analyzed data in
EXMARaLDA numbered excerpts. The interjections under investigation will be
presented in bold characters. However, other interjections which are not in bold
characters will not be investigated.
Forms of interjections signalling understanding used by Azerbaijani native
speakers on the basis of their signal types are presented as a list of table below.
There are overlaps in the form of interjections uttered by Azerbaijani native
speakers. Yet their functions are distinctively different in discoursal context.
4.3.1. Interjections Signalling Understanding
Interjections signalling understanding are observed to be the most common
signal type of interjections used by Azerbaijani native speakers in the analyzed.
The most common interjections signalling understanding by Azerbaijani
participants are
Ah !, !, H ! and
Hı
hı ! Forms of interjections signalling
understanding observed in the analyzed data include:
A !, A ----)!, ----)!,
!, A !, H ----)!, H !, H !, ı m) ----)!, ı ı!, I ı (m)! and
Mm!
4.3.1.1. A !
In excerpt 26, Turkish interlocutor Serkan tries to explain the guess word
Soğuk Savaş (Cold War). He refers to shared information with his counterpart by
using discourse marker
“hani” (well):
ani ülkeler yapıyo. (Well, the countries
make). Kaan guesses
Muharibə (Savaş). Turkish interlocutor Serkan confirms his
counterpart’s answer and elaborates it:
Hah muharibeye gidersin o gidenler ne?
(Yeah you go to war. Who are the ones going to war). Kaan, then, urges Serkan to
guess the word they are negotiating. Azerbaijani interlocutor tries hard to
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remember the word he is looking for and utters
Eeööff əsgerlər! (
Eeööff soldiers)
hesitantly.
Upon hearing əsgerlər (soldiers), Turkish interlocutor asks for the other
synonyms or related words. Azerbaijani native speaker Kaan says
“Ordu”
(Army). Because the clue-giving time is up for Turkish native speaker, he
regretfully gives the answer
Süvari! (Cavalry)
. Azerbaijani interlocutor Kaan
signals that he understands the proposition/utterance of his counterpart by uttering
a primary Azerbaijani interjection
A !
Excerpt 26