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The syntax of interjections in isiXhosa : A a corpus-driven study

Andrason, Alexander Matutu, Haile

Abstrak

This paper examines the syntactic properties of interjections in isiXhosa and their compliance with the interjectional prototype and its extra-systematicity as postulated in linguistic typology. By reviewing nearly two thousand uses of interjections in the comic genre, the authors conclude the following: in its integrity, the category of interjections is internally complex and diversified, containing members with varying degrees of canonicity and extra-systematicity. Although in various uses interjections comply with the interjectional prototype, and being extra-systematic in many others, their canonicity and extra-systematicity are significantly lower.

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Philology. Linguistics African languages and literature

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Andrason, Alexander

Matutu, Haile

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Alexander, A., Haile, M. (2019). The syntax of interjections in isiXhosa : A a corpus-driven study. https://doi.org/10.5842/58-0-833

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Tahun Terbit: 2019
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.5842/58-0-833
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