Glossary term E

Exclamation

Here are two senses for exclamation:

  1. An exclamation, broadly defined, is any utterance made with strong emotion.
  2. An exclamation, narrowly defined, is a sentence type that is used to express a strong emotional state. It contrasts in syntax or morphology with other sentence types which typically express statements, commands, and questions.

(English)

  • What a hot summer it was!
  1. Crystal 1985, 114
  2. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 80
  3. Sadock and Zwicky 1985, 162–163
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