A cross-linguistic functional-pragmatic analysis of interjections a thesis submitted to
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- 4.3.1.3. Hé (----)!
- 4.3.1.4. Hé hé!
- 4.3.1.5. A h !
112 a guess: Solculuk (Leftism) and asks for confirmation. Yet by saying Yo! (No) Azerbaijani interlocutor does not confirm his answer. He gives some more clues saying “AKP’ye karşı” (Against AKP). This time, Turkish interlocutor guesses by questioning Protesto (protest). Azerbaijani interlocutor Kaan signals that he understands the proposition/utterance of his counterpart by uttering a primary Azerbaijani interjection A and does not confirm his answer. Excerpt 27 113 Azerbaijani interjection A ----), as it is clear from the Figure 32, has a monotonous intonation contrary to Azerbaijani interjection A ! which shows that he is probably thinking or trying to find other explanations or clues in his mind. The high pitched element is not the interjection itself this time. It is the following element which is yoq (no) used as a signal to emphasize that he (Azerbaijani interlocutor) understands the proposition/utterance of his counterpart and does not confirm his answer at all. Figure 32: Intensity and pitch analyses of Azerbaijani interjection A ----) signalling understanding 4.3.1.3. Hé (----)! In excerpt 28, Turkish interlocutor Ayşe tries to explain the guess word Noel Baba (Santa Claus). He starts his explanation by asking current date and month then to associate Christmas with the word he is trying to explain: Aah ee .. bub.bugün ayın kaçı? (Aah ee .. what’s the date today). Azerbaijani interlocutor replies Otuzu (30th). Turkish interlocutor Ayşe repeats his answer. Interestingly, Azerbaijani participant also repeats his utterance right after her. Later on, Turkish interlocutor implies Christmas by uttering Bi ay sonar bi . şey kutlaycaz (We will celebrate something one month later). Immediately after he hears her words, he 114 signals that he understands what he is trying to explain with the interjection H ! He replies yeni il (new year) to indicate that he truly understands what she meant. Excerpt 28 PRAAT analysis of the Azerbaijani interjection ----) can be seen in the figure presented below. Figure 33: Intensity and pitch analyses of Azerbaijani interjection ----) signalling understanding 115 In Figure 33, ----) has two high toned elements. First element H is the interjection bearing a need for realization or signal of understanding. Therefore, it has the highest pitch at the beginning. The second high pitched element is yeni il. (new year). Azerbaijani interjection ----) has a falling-rising intonation pattern. As can be seen in the figure, intensity of the interjection scatters around three linguistic elements which are , yeni (new) and il (year). In spite of the fact that interjections are not a part of the sentence since they do not have any phrase structure, they can be identified with respect to their junctures with the prosody. 4.3.1.4. Hé hé! Excerpt 29 116 In excerpt 29, Azerbaijani interlocutor Kaan tries to explain the guess word Barack Obama (present president of the United States). He starts his explanation by giving examples of country names such as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia which are general knowledge both interlocutors share in common. After introducing the names he asks what they are. Turkish interlocutor replies with a questioning tone: Milletler? (Nations?). Kaan does not approve it. Thereon, she says Ülke (country). Immediately after he hears her words, he signals that she understands what he is trying to explain with the two-folded interjection H ! The following Figure indicates the phonological features of utterance-final interjection H ! Figure 34: Intensity and pitch analyses of Azerbaijani interjection H signalling understanding In Figure 34, Azerbaijani interjection has one high toned element which is the second part of the two-folded interjection H ! First element is the 117 interjection which is supposed to bear a need for realization or signal of understanding as in the usage of Turkish two-folded interjection ! Yet the second interjected element is the one having the highest pitch at the end of the utterance, meaning that Azerbaijani interlocutor interprets his Turkish counterpart’s utterance Ülke (country) as a confirmation check as a result of the interactional adjustment process. So, he correctly interprets, understands and confirms his counterpart’s utterance. As a result, Azerbaijani two-folded interjection ! has a rising intonation pattern. 4.3.1.5. A h ! In excerpt 30, Azerbaijani interlocutor Fahri tries to explain the guess word Alexander Graham Bell (inventor who has been credited with inventing first practical telephone) After a pause of 4 seconds, he hesitatingly says Aaa biz nəynən gəzirik cəbimizdə? (What do we have in our pockets?) by clearing his throat as though he was not sure how to explain the guess word. Turkish interlocutor understands the question and answers Parayla. (With money). Azerbaijani participant asks for further guesses by defining the device he is looking forward to hearing: Danışırıq. (We communicate by means of it). Turkish interlocutor does understand him and says Telefon (Telephone). Azerbaijani counterpart approves her guess. Fadime then specified her answer by saying Cep telefonu (Mobile phone) even though it is not the answer Azerbaijani interlocutor is looking for. Azerbaijani counterpart approves her reply again by asking: Ah onu kim birinci onu kim eləyib? (Aha who’s the first inventor of it). Turkish interlocutor misunderstands his question. She understands the question as Onla kim arar? (Who calls with it?). Therefore she says Biz arıyoruz (We call with it). Azerbaijani interlocutor Fahri realizes that she has misunderstood his question. So he paraphrases and translates his question into Turkish and asks her again: Ah onu kim birinci yapıyor yaptı onu?(Ah who’s the first inventor of it). Yüklə 10,54 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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