The (crucial yet neglected) category of interjections in Xhosa
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natural language processingRecord type:
paper
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AleMaw
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Wal
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Abstract
The present paper analyzes the category of interjections in Xhosa within a prototype approach. The evidence demonstrates the robustness and internal complexity of the interjectional category. Interjections ranges from canonical and asystematic to non-canonical and (relatively) systematic, with emotive primary interjections entertaining the highest extent of interjectionality and asystematicity.
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