The interjections in German and Arabic from the perspective of functional pragmatics Cover Image

Die Interjektionen im Deutschen und Arabischen aus funktional-pragmatischer Sicht
The interjections in German and Arabic from the perspective of functional pragmatics

Author(s): Lobna Fouad
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
Keywords: German interjections; Arabic interjections; functional pragmatics; steer field; symbolic field

Summary/Abstract: Interjections are an essential part of communication. They have their own phonological inventory and fulfil special communicative functions. They put interactional procedures in process. In the past, they used to be treated only as a secondary category, but they received a special position in the new linguistic approach of functional pragmatics. They have an interesting scientific history of development in Arabic too, starting from the Kufa-School of grammar until the modern theories. This paper discusses the interjections as a grammatical category in German and Arabic.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 265-279
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: German