The form of emotions: the phonetics and morphology of interjections in Hadza

The present article provides the first systematic analysis of the formal (phonetic and morphological) facet of interjections in Hadza. By using a prototype-driven approach to an interjective category and drawing on original evidence, the authors demonstrate that Hadza interjections closely comply wi...

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Published inPoznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 289 - 314
Main Authors Andrason, Alexander, Harvey, Andrew, Griscom, Richard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin De Gruyter 27.06.2023
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Emotions
emotives
Endangered languages
Grammar
Hadza
Interjections
Khoisan languages
Language
Morphology
Phonetics
Phylogenetics
prototype
Prototypes
typology
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Summary:The present article provides the first systematic analysis of the formal (phonetic and morphological) facet of interjections in Hadza. By using a prototype-driven approach to an interjective category and drawing on original evidence, the authors demonstrate that Hadza interjections closely comply with an interjective prototype. Hadza interjections meet most prototypical features and the exceptions attested fully match the exceptions that have previously been observed in other languages. Overall, the study corroborates the validity of the prototype postulated in scholarly literature, although certain refinements are also proposed.
ISSN:0137-2459
1732-0747
1897-7499
DOI:10.1515/psicl-2022-1037