Interjections and Other Parts of Speech
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- ISBN 9783631659021
- Weight: 262g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 07 Feb 2020
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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The boundaries between word classes are often fuzzy. This book looks at the classification of interjections and similar words of other classes. It reviews work done over the past 250 years on several languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Albanian, and Welsh. Most chapters discuss interjections in relation to one of the other traditionally recognized parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, adpositions, and conjunctions. A major focus is on the use of relevant terminology e.g. primary and secondary interjections, proper and improper interjections, and interjectives.
Alan Reed Libert completed his BA in Greek and Latin at New York University and his PhD in linguistics at McGill University (Canada). He works at the University of Newcastle (Australia), where he is a senior lecturer in linguistics. His research interests include Turkic languages, artificial languages, and onomastics.
