TY - JOUR AU - Borchmann, Simon PY - 2019/05/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Non-spontaneous and communicative emotive interjections: – ecological pragmatic observations JF - Scandinavian Studies in Language JA - Scanstudlang VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.7146/sss.v10i1.114668 UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/sss/article/view/114668 SP - 7-40 AB - <p>The basic feature of emotive interjections is that they are spontaneous. This feature implies that they are not intentional and, hence, not communicative. Nevertheless, in addition to spontaneous and non-communicative emotive interjections one can observe emotive interjections that are non-spontaneous and communicative and emotive interjections that are spontaneous and communicative. This heterogeneity poses a fundamental problem for the classification and description of interjections, and it is this problem that is the focus of this article. Th e article presents an ecological pragmatic analysis of emotive interjections with special regard to the evaluation of four accounts of the heterogeneity. The article’s contribution consists of observation-based evidence in the form of an analysis of three occurrences of interjections that differ with regard to their spontaneity and communicativity. Th e article suggests that the basic sign relation of emotive interjections is indexical, but it also shows that an iconic and a symbolic relation can be added to this basic relation.</p> ER -