Typological characteristics of interjections/emotives

Unlike notionals, interjections in English and Ukrainian do not correlate with notions:they do not express any relations or point to any connection with words in a sentence. Interjections are unchangeable words or phrases expressing emotional and volitional reaction of the speaker on some event. Hence, there are to be distinguished commu­nicative, emotive, and signalizing interjections which express respec­tively joy or pleasure, sadness, warning, repugnence, etc., eg:

"O-o-grand!" (Priestley) "Fine!" — O-o, пречудове! Прекрасно!

(F. Fowles)

"Oh, keenof (Murdoch) — Прекрасно! О, просто чудо!

"My, how you've changed!" (Brau- — Боже мій, як ти змінився! tigan) "0Л, it hurts me. ОЛ!" (Maltz) — Ой, як болить. Ой!

As can be noticed, interjections in English and Ukrainian sentences mostly occupy a front position, rarely a midposition or a closing posi­tion. Cf. А ми! хе! хе! а ми жонаті (Шевченко). І одного часу, як ви­гукне, так, ой-ой-ой! (Вишня).

Interjections may be primary (первинні) and derivative (похідні). According to their structure, interjections may be simple, compound, composite, or phrasal.

1. Simple interjections fall into some subgroups, namely:

a) interjections consisting of one or two sounds: ah, a-ah, oh, oo, ooh, oof, coo, gee (a! e! o! e-e! ай! ax! ox! xa! хе! ух! ат! ет!, etc); b) inter­jections consisting of consonant sounds only: brr, mm, sh (sh-sh) — гм!, хм!, цсс!, шш!, брр!; с) interjections consisting of more than two different sounds which form one syllable: gosh, tut, umph, whoop (гай! гей! гов! гоп! пхе! пхи! etc); d) interjections consisting of two syllables: alas, ahem, boffo. hallo/hullo, okay (ага! агей! (Ь'.у! агусі>! ану.' люлі! нумо! otitia! ого! мугу!); е) reduplicating (повторні) interjections: ah-ah, ay-ay, ee-ee, goe-goe, how-how, ho-ho, hubba-hubba, chock-chock, ta-ta, tut-tut (a-a, ану-ану, гай-гай, еге-ге, о-го-го, ну-ну, ха-ха).

Compound interjections are more characteristic of English than of Ukrainian, eg: heigh-ho, holla-ho, fiddlesticks, whoo-whoop, wo-ho, yo-ho, etc. (Господи-Боже! Добридень! Спасибі!). ¹ Derivative interjections constitute a common group in the contrasted languages, too. They are mostly of common origin and sometimes even of identical lexical meaning. There are distinguished six types of emo­tional interjections: a) of substantival origin: beans! bully! fiddle! hell! Lord! nuts! raspberry! rabbit! rats! Japs! (Господи! матінко! пене! Боже! леле! жах! страх! гвалт! слава! хвала! біда! горе!);

b) of verbal origin: come! look! see! cut! bother! shoot! — диви! гляди! бач! рятуйте! пробачте! даруйте! прощайте! побачимо! цур! (від цу­ратися); с) of adjectival origin (mostly in English): fine! grand! right! dear! swell! divine! gracious!; d) of adverbial origin: here! there! now! well! why? so! — добре! зараз! тут! там! так! геть! прекрасно.'; е) of pronominal origin: "ay me! oh me!" (Shakespeare) — отаке! стільки ж! отакої! «Куди ж писати?» «Отакої! Не знає куди!..» (О. Гончар); f) of phrasal origin (contracted), which are rather numerous in English: howdy! (from how do you do), alright (from all right), my! (from my God/my Lord), dammit (from damn it), attaboy (from that's a boy) — добридень (від добрий день), спасибі (спаси' біг), тсс! цсс! (від тихше).

Derivated are also numerous idiomatic interjections of various componental nature and expressing different emotions, eg: my eye!

Holy Moses! the cat's pajamas! gee whiskers! well I never!— їй же бо! \ т йому цур! кат їх бери! Боже.ж мій! біда та й годі! де там! ой леле¹ ко! де ж так.! etc.

Н notive interjections express various feelings, one interjection being often used in English and Ukrainian to express different mea­nings. These meanings are as follows:

1 Positive feelings (joy, satisfaction, sympathy), eg: "Great!" Michael said". (I. Shaw) «Чудово!» — вигукнув Майкл. "Ooh' ooh!" the crowd was moa- «У-у! У-у/» — стогнав, перепов-ning in a kind of amorous agony". нений якимось замилуванням, (Huxley) збуджений натовп.

2 Incentive orders (спонукальні накази), eg: "Hey, now! Wait a minute". (Dahl) «Гей там! Зачекайте». "Here, Buck", the Boss called. «C/odu, Баку!» — гукнув Бос. (Warren) "Quiet!" I yelled to «Замовкніть!» — гримнув я на them" (Hemmett) ^них-

Here also belong orders given interjections to domestic animals. For example: gee-up! or giddup! hail! hi-up! (to horses) — но! гайда! вйо! whoa, hoa. whoa! -— тпру! nook! sook! — цоб-цабеї puss, puss, puss' — киць-киць; dilly, dilly!—тась, тасьі chook-chook! chuck-chuck! — ціп-ціп-ціп! ets.

3. Negative feelings (grief, sorrow, horror, alarm, etc.): "Oops! It's after midnight". Ух-ти! Вже за північ. (Slu-ldon)

Tshav! said the other twin". «Тьху!» — сказав другий близ-(Capote) нюк. "Nuts!" the Boss said. (Warren) «Дурниці!» — сказав Бос.

4 Orders to stop an action: hist! hush! shh! shush! — тихо! тихі­ше' тс! шш! cave! — обережно/ nuf! nuff! — годі! scat! shoo! — геть! eg: ^J "Hush" my mother said, "hush, «Тихо, синку,—сказала ма-son«'. (Warren) ма.— Тихо».

5. Greetings and partings which may sometimes be rather motional as well. Cf.

"Oh hello!" she called..." (Brush) «О, привіт!» — гукнула вона... "Howdy," said Isabel..." (Capote) «Здоров!» — сказала Ізабел... "Ну •!" said Rornona". (Salinger) «Бувай!» — відповіла Ромона.

Interjections of sounds like dab-dab, mew, cock-a-dooble-doo, moo, etc, and their Ukrainian quivalents кря-кря, няв, кукуріку, му-у are -regular imitations of sounds and cannot be treated as interjections or as emotives.

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