The multivalence of interjections
Feast your eyes on a small segment of the total number of interjections in English: Aha, Hurray, Oh, Ah, Aw, Ouch, Wow, Alas, Boo, Hey, Oh my God, Ahem, Bah, Cheers, Hmm, Huh, Huzzah, Oops, Yay, Agreement, Amen, Argh, Awesome, Boy….
Interjections may be exclamatory, quizzical, condemnatory, laudatory, and so forth and so on. They may convey pain, delight, dismay; approbation, disapproval.
Some interjections are neutral: uh, um.
Some are positive: woo-hoo, bravo.
Some are negative: duh, which is disdainful, demeaning, and even insulting.
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