Abstract
The present article provides the first systematic analysis of the formal (phonetic and morphological) facet of interjections in Hadza. By using a prototype-driven approach to an interjective category and drawing on original evidence, the authors demonstrate that Hadza interjections closely comply with an interjective prototype. Hadza interjections meet most prototypical features and the exceptions attested fully match the exceptions that have previously been observed in other languages. Overall, the study corroborates the validity of the prototype postulated in scholarly literature, although certain refinements are also proposed.
Funding source: Feeling and depicting the world – Interjections and ideophones in Sandawe and Hadza (2021–2022) funded by the Department of African Languages at Stellenbosch University
Funding source: Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Award Identifier / Grant number: ID IPF0285
Award Identifier / Grant number: ID IPF0304
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Research funding: The present paper has been developed within the research project Feeling and depicting the world – Interjections and ideophones in Sandawe and Hadza (2021–2022) funded by the Department of African Languages at Stellenbosch University. Andrew Harvey and Richard Griscom’s (field)work has also been funded by the ELDP Grants (ID IPF0304 and IPF0285).
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