Declarative Sentence
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A Declarative Sentence is a sentence that is a declarative linguistic item.
- AKA: Indicative Proposition, Factually Informative Sentence.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Simple Declarative Sentence to a Complex Declarative Sentence.
- It can range from being a Simple Declarative Sentence to a Compound Declarative Sentence.
- It can range from being an Active Declarative Sentence to a Passive Declarative Sentence.
- It can range from being a Nonsensical Declarative Sentence to being a Sensical Declarative Sentence.
- It can, in English, be structured as a Sentence Subject followed by a Sentence Predicate.
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- Example(s):
- “The N95 weighs 5.4 ounces.” or “It is the case that the N95 weighs 5.4 ounces.”
- “I ate.” or "It is the case that I ate.”
- “I did not eat.” or "It is not the case that I ate.”
- “I walked home.” or "It is the case that I walked home.”
- “I decided not to walk home.” or "It is the case that I did not walk home.”
- “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Declarative Logic Statement?
- a Declarative Passage?
- an Interrogative Sentence, such as: “Did you eat?” or “Is it the case that you ate?”.
- an Exclamatory Sentence, such as: “What a sight!”.
- an Imperative Sentence, such as: “Shut the window!”.
- a Definitional Sentence.
- a Subjective Sentence, such as “The sound quality of the N95 is outstanding and so is its camera, but its battery life is substandard.”
- See: Sentence Subjectivity Classification Task, Opinion Word.
References
2013
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28linguistics%29#By_purpose
- A declarative sentence or declaration, the most common type, commonly makes a statement: "I have to go to work."
- (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_function#Declarative
- The declarative sentence is the most common kind of sentence in language, in most situations, and in a way can be considered the default function of a sentence. What this means essentially is that when a language modifies a sentence in order to form a question or give a command, the base form will always be the declarative. In its most basic sense, a declarative states an idea (either objectively or subjectively on the part of the speaker; and may be either true or false) for the sheer purpose of transferring intel. In writing, a statement will end with a period.
- Roses are red and violets are blue.
- She must be out of her mind.
- The declarative sentence is the most common kind of sentence in language, in most situations, and in a way can be considered the default function of a sentence. What this means essentially is that when a language modifies a sentence in order to form a question or give a command, the base form will always be the declarative. In its most basic sense, a declarative states an idea (either objectively or subjectively on the part of the speaker; and may be either true or false) for the sheer purpose of transferring intel. In writing, a statement will end with a period.
2009
- http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~billw/nlpdict.html#indicative
- An indicative sentence is one that makes a statement, as opposed to a question or a command. See also WH-question, Y/N-question, imperative, subjunctive, and mood.
2000
- (Hatzivassiloglou & Wiebe, 2000) ⇒ Vasileios Hatzivassiloglou, and Janyce M. Wiebe. (2000). “Effects of Adjective Orientation and Gradability on Sentence Subjectivity.” In: Proceedings of the 18th conference on Computational Linguistics ([[COLING 2000).
1964
- C. Lewy. (1964). “G. E. Moore On The Naturalistic Fallacy.” In: The Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol L. Oxford Univesity Process.