Moreover, phonological features of the Turkish and Azerbaijani interjections were analyzed using PRAAT.

The data obtained from these recordings were transcribed using the transcription software EXMARaLDA. The length of data obtained from these recordings is circa two hours. The data utilized in this study were collected by video recording four Turkish and two university Azerbaijani native speakers who had paired each other and played a world famous guessing game Taboo. The main objective of this study is to investigate and find out the contribution of interjections as indicators of understanding in an AzerbaijaniTurkish Lingua Receptiva (LaRa) communication within the framework of Functional Pragmatics. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work.Īkkuş, Mehmet M.A., English Language Teaching Supervisor: Assoc. I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. Çiğdem Sağın-Şimşek SupervisorĮxamining Committee Members Assoc. This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts.Īssoc. I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHINGĪpproval of the Graduate School of Social Sciences SIGNALS OF UNDERSTANDING IN MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION: A CROSS-LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONAL-PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF INTERJECTIONSĪ THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

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