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Ecphonesis (Greek: ἐκφώνησις) is an emotional, exclamatory phrase (exclamation) used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a rhetorical device that originated in ancient literature. A Latin example is "O tempora! O mores!" ("Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!"). A modern example is "Young man!" from the song YMCA by the Village People.
In Hungarian, an exclamation mark is put at the end of exclamatory, imperative or prohibitive sentences, and sentences expressing a wish (e.g. De szép! – 'How beautiful!', A fűre lépni tilos! – 'Keep off the grass', Bárcsak sikerülne a tervem! – 'If only my plan would work out.').
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.
An exclamative or exclamatory sentence raises an exclamation: "What a good friend you are!" The form (declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamative) and meaning (statement, question, command, or exclamation) of a sentence usually match, but not always. [3] [4] For instance, the interrogative sentence "Can you pass me the salt?" is not ...
The end of a sentence. ¶ Pilcrow: Paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, alinea, or blind P: Section sign ('Silcrow') ⌑ Pillow (non-Unicode name) 'Pillow' is an informal nick-name for the 'Square lozenge' in the travel industry. The generic currency sign is superficially similar | Pipe (non-Unicode name) (Unicode name is "vertical bar ...
Exclamation, a type of sentence; Exclamation, a statement against penal interest in criminal law in United States; Exclamation, a fragrance by Coty
The upside-down (also inverted, turned or rotated) question mark ¿ and exclamation mark ¡ are punctuation marks used to begin interrogative and exclamatory sentences or clauses in Spanish and some languages that have cultural ties with Spain, such as Asturian and Waray. [1]
An example of a sentence that uses eh is "Dis guy Singlish damn good eh", meaning "this guy's Singlish is very good". Similar to Singapore, Malaysia also uses eh in Manglish as an interjection. It is also used as an exclamation to express surprise, depending on the length and context of the eh .