interjection

Word or expression used to express an emotion or sentiment

Also known as int. · exclamation · INTJ · J

Instance of: part of speech
Subclass of: word or phrase

Overview

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An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling, situation or reaction. It is a diverse category, with many different types, such as exclamations (ouch!, wow!), curses (damn!), greetings, response particles, hesitation markers, and other words. Due to its diverse nature, the category of interjections partly overlaps with a few other categories like profanities, discourse markers, and fillers. The use and linguistic discussion of interjections can be traced historically through the Greek and Latin Modistae over many centuries.

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Different from: exclamation mark
swear words
Used by: Universal Dependencies object named as: INTJ
Represents: perception
Entry in abbreviations table: ki used by: MobiTUKI Swahili-English Dictionary
ünl. used by: Kubbealti Lugati
int. used by: Oxford English Dictionary

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30 identifiers linking interjection across the web's reference databases

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