ABSTRACT

An interjection is used to express a speaker’ s emotion or attitude. It is always used independently; in other words, it has nothing to do with sentence structures. Interjection usually happens at the start of a sentence, but occasionally also at the end of a sentence, such as:

https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> 嗄 ? 有 這種 事 ! a2 ? you3 zhe4zhong3 shi4 ! SHA ? have this thing! ‘What? This thing happens!’

https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> 你 走 不 走 ? 嗄 ? ni3 zou3 bu4 zou3 ? a2 ? you leave NEG leave? A ‘Will you leave?Will you?’