Open AccessLAUGHTER IN WRITTEN SERBIAN LANGUAGE
Author(s) -
Jordana S. Marković,
Violeta Stojičić
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
facta universitatis. series: linguistics and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0518
pISSN - 0354-4702
DOI - 10.22190/full2001001m
Subject(s) - laughter , serbian , spelling , linguistics , articulation (sociology) , active listening , psychology , computer science , communication , social psychology , philosophy , politics , political science , law
Laughter is an expression of a person's mood. It belongs to the vocal articulation in humans. In literature (and in dictionaries) sometimes this manner of articulation needs to be depicted in words. Different languages have different inventories of sounds which evoke laughter in written language. In this paper, we discuss the inventory of sounds by which laughter is represented in writing in the Serbian language. Data were compiled from published dictionaries and literary works, and some were obtained through a survey. The data were analyzed to compile the inventory of this function and to record spelling practices and nuances in transcribing various forms of laughter (loud, silent, etc.).