ABSTRACT

https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-u.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315228334/19145856-cad7-4ef2-b625-1395d4dc0b44/content/inline14.tif"/> An interjection – una interjección – is a word or a short phrase which stands apart from – literally, is interjected into – the syntax and meaning of the rest of an utterance (what is being said). Examples in (current British) English include ‘Aha!’, ‘Wicked!’, ‘Help!’, ‘No way!’ and ‘Great!’