Exclamation
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!
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.