Definition
Here are two senses for exclamation:
- An exclamation, broadly defined, is any utterance made with strong emotion.
- 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.
Examples
(English)
- What a hot summer it was!
Sources 3
- Crystal 1985, 114
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 80
- Sadock and Zwicky 1985, 162–163