Séminaire DTT
A preliminary typology of Australian interjections: results and methodological insights
14h-16h
ISH, salle Bollier
Conférence de :
Maïa Ponsonnet(The University of Western Australia)
dans le cadre DTT : Atelier morphosyntaxe
In this seminar I will present a preliminary typology of the interjections documented in 37 languages of diverse genetic affiliation across the Australian continent. I will spell out the results concerning Australian interjections themselves, which for most of them raise the question of whether they reflect specifically Australian properties, or universals of language. I will also discuss theoretical and methodological issues involved in studying interjections typologically.