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Download full textJames, Deborah – 1973
This paper examines semantic constraints governing the occurrence of interjections with various other types of grammatical phenomena. Four interjections, "oh,""ah,""say," and "well," which typically occur embedded in sentences, are discussed in terms of their semantic properties and possible contexts. It is…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Expressive Language, Grammar, Idioms
