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Part of speech. In grammar, a part of speech or part-of-speech ( abbreviated as POS or PoS, also known as word class[ 1] or grammatical category[ 2]) is a category of words (or, more generally, of lexical items) that have similar grammatical properties. Words that are assigned to the same part of speech generally display similar syntactic ...
In grammar, the vocative case ( abbreviated VOC) is a grammatical case which is used for a noun that identifies a person (animal, object, etc.) being addressed or occasionally for the noun modifiers ( determiners, adjectives, participles, and numerals) of that noun. A vocative expression is an expression of direct address by which the identity ...
English grammar. English interjections are a category of English words – such as yeah, ouch, Jesus, oh, mercy, yuck, etc. – whose defining features are the infrequency with which they combine with other words to form phrases, their loose connection to other elements in clauses, and their tendency to express emotive meaning.
Oi / ɔɪ / is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and South African English, as well as non-English languages such as Chinese, Tagalog, Tamil, Hindi/Urdu, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese to get the attention of another person or to express surprise or disapproval.
Interjection. An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction. [ 1][ 2] It is a diverse category, encompassing many different parts of speech, such as exclamations (ouch!, wow! ), curses ( damn! ), greetings ( hey, bye ), response particles ( okay, oh!, m-hm, huh ...
Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit -derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [ 1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [ 2] However, in formal contexts, Modern Standard ...
Amen. Amen ( Hebrew: אָמֵן, ʾāmēn; Ancient Greek: ἀμήν, amḗn; Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ, 'amīn; [ 1] Arabic: آمين, ʾāmīn) is an Abrahamic declaration of affirmation [ 2] which is first found in the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently found in the New Testament. [ 3] It is used in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim practices as a ...
In linguistics, a filler, filled pause, hesitation marker or planner (sometimes called crutches) is a sound or word that participants in a conversation use to signal that they are pausing to think but are not finished speaking. [ 1][ 2] These are not to be confused with placeholder names, such as thingamajig.