Phonetic characteristics of exclamations in Turkic languages

Abstract

            Interjections occupy a special place among the linguistic units that constitute the emotional-expressive layer of speech. Interjections in Turkic languages ​​have unusual features both from a lexical-semantic and phonetic point of view. Their pronunciation often goes beyond the general phonological system, is characterized by non-standard sound combinations, extended vowels, intensive use of affricatives and fricatives, variability of intonation and stress. In this regard, interjections act as a peripheral, but extremely important component of the phonetic structure of Turkic languages.

            In modern Turkological studies, mainly semantic and functional properties of exclamations have been investigated, while phonetic properties have often been relegated to the background. However, the communicative load of exclamations is closely related to their phonetic structure. In this subchapter, the phonetic properties of exclamations in Turkic languages ​​are systematically analyzed, and their sound composition, phonotactic structure, intonation and prosodic indicators are examined in a comparative aspect.