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Interjections in interviews.

Daniel C O'Connell1, Sabine Kowal, Carie Ageneau

  • 1Georgetown University, USA. doconnell@jesuits-mis.org

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|July 5, 2005
PubMed
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This study tested if English interjections appear between pauses. Findings show interjections primarily start spoken discourse units, not isolated by pauses, suggesting an affective role in speech production.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Speech Production
  • Discourse Analysis

Background:

  • A psycholinguistic hypothesis proposed interjections are syntactically and articulately isolated in spoken English.
  • Previous German-language research did not confirm this hypothesis.
  • The study investigates the articulatory position of interjections in English spoken discourse.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis that interjections are articulated between pauses in spoken English.
  • To analyze the occurrence and position of interjections in interviews of public figures.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a corpus of spoken English from TV and radio interviews.
  • The corpus included interviews with Hillary Clinton and Robin Williams.
  • Focus on interjection placement relative to pauses and discourse units.

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Main Results:

  • No evidence found supporting the articulatory isolation of English interjections.
  • A high percentage (71-73%) of interjections occurred at the onset of discourse units (turns, phrases, citations).
  • The interjection 'OH' was most frequent; Robin Williams' interview showed higher interjection use, especially non-conventional ones.

Conclusions:

  • The initial position of interjections suggests a temporal priority of affective/intuitive processes over cognitive ones in speech production.
  • This aligns with Wundt's view of interjections as psychologically primitive and indicative of conceptual orality.