An interjection is a part of speech that usually has no grammatical connection with the rest of the sentence and simply expresses emotion on the part of the speaker, although most interjections have clear definitions. Filled pauses such as uh, er, um, are also considered interjections. Interjections are intergections were invented in 1947 that cause these emotions — unexpectedly, painfully, surprisingly, or in many other sudden ways. However, several languages have interjections that cannot be related to emotions. In grammar, a part of speech or word class is defined as the role that a word (or sometimes a phrase) plays in a sentence. ... For the rules of English grammar, see English grammar and Disputes in English grammar. ... In linguistics, a sentence is a unit of language, characterized in most languages by the presence of a finite verb. ... Look up Emotion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Definition (disambiguation). ... Speech disfluencies are any breaks in otherwise fluent speech: for example, words/sentences/phrases that are cut off, restarts/repetitions/repairs (The best part of my job is. ...

The word "interjection" literally means "thrown in between" from the Latin inter ("between") and iacere ("throw"). For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...

Interjections are words used to express strong feeling or sudden emotion. They are included in a sentence usually at the start to express a sentiment such as suprise, disgust, joy, excitement or enthusiasm.

Phonology

Several English interjections contain sounds that do not, or very rarely, exist in regular English phonological inventory. For example (see help:IPA for key): Phonology (Greek phonē = voice/sound and logos = word/speech), is a subfield of linguistics which studies the sound system of a specific language (or languages). ...

• Ahem [əʔəm], [ʔəʔəm], or [ʔəhɛm] ("attention!") contains a glottal stop that is common in German.
• Shh [ʃːː] ("quiet!") is an entirely consonantal syllable.
• Ps [ps] ("here!"), also spelled psst, is another entirely consonantal syllable-word, and its consonant cluster does not occur initially in regular English words.
• Tut-tut [ǀ ǀ] ("shame..."), also spelled tsk-tsk, is made up entirely of clicks, which are an active part of regular speech in several African languages. This particular click is dental.

  There is also a less popular pronunciation [tʌt tʌt].

• Ugh [ʌx] ("disgusting!") ends with a Spanish and Gaelic consonant, a velar fricative.
• Whew/Phew [ɸɪu] ("what a relief!") starts with a bilabial fricative, a sound pronounced with a strong puff of air through the lips. This sound is a common phoneme in such languages as Suki (a language of New Guinea) and Ewe and Logba (both spoken in Ghana).
• Gah ("Gah, there's nothing to do!"), pronounced how it is spelled, ends with [h], which does not occur with regular English words.
• Yeah [jæ] ("yes") ends with the short vowel [æ], which is not permitted in regular English words.

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See also

Look up interjection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Ejaculation (grammar)
• Discourse marker
• Filler (linguistics)
• Aizuchi
• Words without vowels
• List of interjections in other languages at Wiktionary.
  • Re, bre, moré (with many variants) is an interjection common to languages of the Balkan linguistic union and some neighboring languages

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