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Forms and Functions of Interjections of Azerbaijani native speakers
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- 4.3. Forms and Functions of Interjections of Azerbaijani native speakers
- Forms of interjections signalling understanding used by Azerbaijani native speakers Signal Category Forms of Interjections
- Primary Interjections
- 4.3.1. Interjections Signalling Understanding
- 4.3.1.1. A !
- 4.3.1.2. A (----)!
108 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! 109 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 110 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 26 111 In addition to the discourse-functional features of Azerbaijani interjection A , as it is clear from the Figure 31, PRAAT analysis indicates that Azerbaijani interjection A has a rising-falling intonation. In Figure 31, it can be seen in the figure that the pitch gets higher, emphasizing Azerbaijani interlocutor’s understanding upon hearing the word ‘süvari’ (cavalry). Intensity of Azerbaijani interjection A scatters even though it slightly concentrates in the middle. Figure 31: Intensity and pitch analyses of Azerbaijani interjection A signaling understanding 4.3.1.2. A (----)! In excerpt 27, Azerbaijani interlocutor Kaan tries to explain the guess word Qızıl Ordu (Red Army). He begins by referring their shared knowledge “ODTÜ” (METU). Turkish interlocutor immediately utters the word Kampüs (Campus) which he associates with METU. However, Azerbaijani interlocutor continues his explanation of the most common ideology at METU to him. Upon hearing the Azerbaijani word hərəkət (movement), Turkish native speaker makes Yüklə 10,54 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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