There have been several linguistic analyses of the use of ‘oh’ in English. See, for example, the work of Deborah Marjorie James (University of Michigan, US) in The Syntax and Semantics of Some English Interjections, James’s work is referenced in a 2007 study which attempted to shed some light on the usage of the interjection […]
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Oh, Huh: What Happens
Oh and Huh teamed up to tell what happens. Their study is: “What Happens When the Items of Examination and Correct Answer Is Opened in Medical School?” [article in Korean], D.J. Oh and S. Huh, Korean Journal of Medical Education, vol. 13, no. 1, May 2001, pp. 143-148. The authors are at Hallym University, Chunchon, […]
The use of ‘Oh’ in dubbed Catalan sitcoms
Some readers may well feel themselves in the dark when it comes to the usage of the interjection ‘oh’ in English and its translation in Catalan. Thus they could find a 2007 article published in the Catalan Journal of Linguistics, (Vol. 6, pp 117-136) of help. ‘The translation of oh in a corpus of dubbed sitcoms‘ […]