Universal #2024
Legacy number: 2024
| Number | 2018 |
| Original | All languages have "emotive" interjections (i.e. interjections expressing cognitively based feelings). |
| Standardized | There are "emotive" interjections (i.e. interjections expressing cognitively based feelings). |
| Keywords | emotion, sensation, cognition, interjection |
| Domain | syntax, lexicon |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | "working hypothesis ... on evidence gleaned from both cross-linguistic and cross-cultural studies" |
| Source | Wierzbicka 1999: 276, 283-284 |
Discussion
Notes
(i) English examples: gee!, wow!, yuk!(ii) Sign lgs are included in the scope of the universal.
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(ii) Sign lgs are included in the scope of the universal.