Ejaculation (grammar)

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For biological and other meanings see ejaculation.

In grammar, an ejaculation is an utterance that expresses a feeling outside of the normal language structure. Often but not always it is an exclamation, and most often consists of a single word, either an interjection or a profanity or both.

Examples:

• In English:
• * The shout Hey!.
• * The huh in That man? Huh! He's history!
• * "Glory to God!" or "Praise the Lord!" In this context, this is known as a religious ejaculation.

• In spoken French:
• * The exclamation Ben!.

See also

• Interjection
• Discourse marker

 

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