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• Workshop organized by Maïa Ponsonnet, Aimée Lahaussois & Yvonne Treis. Please contact maia.ponsonnet@cnrs.fr

Projet ASLAN InterjecT1

What is it about?
In spite of their probable universality across languages, and of their ubiquity in usage, interjections remain understudied in linguistics, and particularly in typology. Our project “Typologizing Interjections” aims to address this gap with the publication of an open-access edited volume, featuring a larger number of shorter, descriptive contributions on the semantics and functions of interjections in individual languages across the world.

To start this scientific conversation and launch joint research efforts, we propose a one-day workshop accessible in hybrid mode. The first part of the day will feature framing contributions about the aims and underpinnings of the proposed enterprise. The second part will host a small number of descriptive contributions presenting the semantic and functional distribution of interjections in individual languages across continents.

Tentative program
Morning:
Maïa Ponsonnet (CNRS DDL): Introduction (definitions, classifications, typology)
Mark Dingemanse (Radboud Uni): Interjections at the heart of language
Yvonne Treis (CNRS LLACAN): Interjections in the Ethiopian linguistic area

Afternoon:
Lameen Souag (CNRS LACITO): On interjections in Korandje (Algeria)
Aimée Lahaussois (CNRS HTL): Interjections in Kiranti language descriptions (Nepal)
Christian Döhler (BBAW): Interjections in Komnzo (PNG)
Julie Marsault (CNRS HTL): Interjections in Umóⁿhoⁿ and Páⁿka (Nebraska and Oklahoma)