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Central semantics of value interjection

Interjections are invariant phrasal units which express the semantics of a whole sentence, constituting a whole linguistic act. They make use of the holophrastic language and are used in the spoken language.

Semantic criterium:

- they express a reaction, an order, a request, a hesitation, a call.

Graphical criterium:

- if it appears at the end of the sentence, it is followed, for the most, by the exclamation mark or the question mark;

- if the interjection appears at the beginning of the sentence, the exclamation/question marks appear at the end.

Che c'e, beh? Toh! E' Maria}.
Oh, ora si' che la stanza e' pulita!
Beh, che vuoi?

Interjections can be subdivided into:
- primary: they are characterized by the presence of the grapheme h, which, in Italian, appears in final position ah, eh, beh or in the core of the word ahi, uhm.

- secundary: they constitute an open class, since members of other PoS can be used as interjections, causing a lot of confusion phenomena (see below):
noun: cane!
adjective: bravo!
verb: senti!
adverb: dentro!
adposition: su!