What is an exclamative?

An exclamative is a word or phrase which marks an exclamation.

• What is a word?

Hartmann and Stork 1972 79

Context for this page:

• Concept module: exclamative
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): E
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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