Comparative Concept: exclamative construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
exclamative construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | exclamative construction |
| Assoziiert |
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Definition
a construction that expresses an exclamative speech act. Example: What a beautiful house! is an instance of an English exclamative construction. (Sections 12.1, 12.5)