Interjection

An Interjection is a Word or Phrase with no Grammatical Role.

• AKA: Intrj.
• Example(s):
  • “Hi!”.
  • “Dude!”.
  • “Nuts!”.
  • “Help!”.
  • “Fast” http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fast#Interjection “(archery) Stop shooting; do not release any arrows..”
  • “Enough!” ("used to tell somebody firmly to stop doing something (informal) (stop that!)").
  • “Enough is enough!" ("used by a speaker to indicate that he or she will tolerate no more of something").
• See: Function Word.

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References

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=interjection
  • S: (n) ejaculation, interjection (an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion)
  • S: (n) interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interjection
  • 1. (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
  • 2. An interruption; something interjected

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