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Turkish and Azerbaijani Interjections Signalling (Non)Understanding
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- 5.2.1. Turkish and Azerbaijani Interjections Signalling (Non)Understanding
- Forms of Turkish and Azerbaijani interjections signalling understanding used by Turkish and Azerbaijani native speakers Signal Category
- Primary Interjections
- 5.2.1.1. Understanding
153 5.2.1. Turkish and Azerbaijani Interjections Signalling (Non)Understanding In this study, Turkish and Azerbaijani interjections signalling (non-) understanding in LaRa communication were studied. Only the interjections signalling (non-)understanding were investigated in the study. In Table 13, all the forms used in Turkish and Azerbaijani are presented. Table 15: Forms of Turkish and Azerbaijani interjections signalling understanding Forms of Turkish and Azerbaijani interjections signalling understanding used by Turkish and Azerbaijani native speakers Signal Category Turkish Interjections Azerbaijani 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)! Primary Interjections H (----)! H h ! A ! A (----)! A h ! H (----)! H h ! Hı hı ! Hı(m) (----)! H h h ! Mm! I h ı (m) ! Interjections signalling misunderstanding H ! ----- Interjections signalling believing to understand Hı (----)! H (----)! Aaa (----)! Interjections signalling guessing Eem! Aa! Iıı! Hıı (----)! Eee! Aa (----)! Imm! Mmm! Interjections signalling partial understanding Ee! ----- Interjections signalling non- understanding Iıı! Ee! As can be drawn from Table 14, in this study, Turkish participants made use of Turkish primary and secondary interjections signalling understanding as follows: primary interjections made use by Turkish interlocutors were !, !, E !, ----) !, e !, !, H (----)!, ı ı !, ı ----)!, (----) ı ı!, mm 154 mm!, Iı ıı! and secondary interjections made use by Turkish interlocutors were [Yavrum be(nim)]. Along with Turkish primary and secondary interjections signalling understanding, as can be drawn from Table 14, Azerbaijani participants make use of interjections signalling understanding as follows: interjections used by Turkish interlocutors were A , A ----), A h , H (----), H , ı ı , ı m) ----), H , Mm and I hı m)! 5.2.1.1. Understanding The most frequent forms to be used by both Turkish and Azerbaijani interlocutors were observed to be included in the signal category of understanding. Moreover, there are identical forms of interjections signalling understanding in Turkish and Azerbaijani. Turkish and Azerbaijani identical forms of interjections signalling understanding are , , (----) and ı ---- ), as can be seen in Table 15. It can be apprehended that these identical forms of interjections help the interlocutors better interpret or understand the intended meaning of the speaker in the constellation. Table 16: Forms of identical Turkish and Azerbaijani interjections signalling understanding Forms of identical Turkish and Azerbaijani interjections signalling understanding used by Turkish and Azerbaijani native speakers Signal Category Turkish Interjections Azerbaijani Interjections Interjections signalling understanding Primary Interjections H ! H h ! H (----)! Hı (----)! Primary Interjections H (----)! H h ! H (----)! Hı(m) (----)! 155 However, there is no occurrence of form of secondary interjection in Azerbaijani while two forms of Turkish secondary interjections occur in the analyzed data: Yavrum be! and Yavrum benim! The reason might lie in the fact that these two Turkish secondary interjections were observed to be used by the same Turkish native speaker, implying a personal (over)use of these interjections. However, Azerbaijani interlocutor did not have any difficulty in understanding his Turkish counterpart’s secondary interjection possibly due to the intonation and other non-verbal signs. This finding suggests that it is quite necessary to take all the linguistic (forms, intonation pattern, pitch contour, etc.) and extra-linguistic features (context, gestures, mimics, etc.) of interjections into consideration during analysis. Besides, one of the main findings of the study indicates that the Turkish and Azerbaijani interlocutors make use of interjections signaling understanding quite frequently. Possibly, the explanation lies in the fact that interjections convey hearer-based messages to the counterparts so as to maintain the discourse by signalling their mental conditions, function as backchanneling cues or turn-taking, turn-holding or turn-yielding in the discourse. Additionally, as can be seen from Table 15, while there is no occurrence of Azerbaijani interjection signalling misunderstanding, there is one instance in which Turkish interjection Ha signalling misunderstanding is used by the interlocutor. This case might be interpreted referring to the asymmetrical relationship between the knowledge of the interlocutors. As Sağın-Şimşek & König (2012) state, asymmetrical relationship is a common phenomenon between Turkish and Azerbaijani languages in Lingua Receptiva communication. In the analyzed data, in this study, it has been apprehended that there might be apparent asymmetrical relationship as can be seen in Table 15. Yüklə 10,54 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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