Abstract Motivated by the frequent omission of interjections from film subtitles, this study investigates the interpersonal functions of interjections, and seeks to disentangle their meaning relations. Based on the analysis of interjections from six English language films under the theoretical framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), the study primarily classifies the functions of interjections in terms of whether the interjections independently realize moves in exchange. The function of the interjection which realizes a move on its own is described at the semantic stratum in terms of a minor speech function, and the function of the interjection which realizes a move together with a clause is described at the lexicogrammatical stratum in terms of an optional clausal function referred to as a ‘latched function’. The study highlights the distinction between latched functions and their agnate minor speech functions, and offers more delicate accounts of the functions of interjections. It proposes a system network of the minor speech functions, which can facilitate a more systematic analysis of the functions realized by interjections. This study contributes to the SFL description of English interjections, and can offer methodological insights into further research on the functionality of interjections.

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感叹词的人际功能

摘要 受电影字幕中感叹词经常遗漏的影响，本研究考察了感叹词的人际功能，并试图梳理它们的意义关系。本研究基于系统功能语言学（SFL）理论框架下对六部英语电影的感叹词的分析，主要根据感叹词是否独立实现交换动作来对感叹词的功能进行分类。单独实现动作的感叹词的功能在语义层用次要语音功能来描述，而与从句一起实现动作的感叹词的功能在词汇语法层用一个小语种来描述。可选的子句函数称为“闩锁函数”。该研究强调了锁存功能与其对应的次要语音功能之间的区别，并提供了对感叹词功能的更微妙的解释。提出了次要语音功能的系统网络，便于对感叹词实现的功能进行更系统的分析。本研究有助于对英语感叹词的 SFL 描述，并可以为进一步研究感叹词的功能提供方法论见解。