- Syntactic features
- On the sentence level the function of interjections is a controversial matter. The usual interpretation is that the interjection stands outside the structure of the sentence. Another view is that it is syntactically a kind of parenthesis at least in some cases. The controversy cannot be decided by objective investigation and the answer only depends on whatwe mean by sentence structure on the one hand, and by some element or other being outside the sentence structure, on the other.
6. The Modal Word - 6. The Modal Word
- The modal word, occupying in the sentence a more pronounced or less pronounced detached position, expresses the attitude of the speaker to the reflected situation and its parts. Here belong the functional words of probability (probably, perhaps, etc.), of qualitative evaluation (fortunately, unfortunately, luckily, etc.), and also of affirmation and negation.
Modal words stand in a special relation to the sentence. They are not sentence members, since giving an evaluation of the entire situation presented in the sentence, they stand on the outside. For instance, in the sentence Perhaps, dimly, she saw the picture of a man walking up a road (Christie) the modal word perhaps is not a sentence member, but if we remove it, the meaning of the utterance will change – it will be just a statement of the fact. - Modal words stand in a special relation to the sentence. They are not sentence members, since giving an evaluation of the entire situation presented in the sentence, they stand on the outside. For instance, in the sentence Perhaps, dimly, she saw the picture of a man walking up a road (Christie) the modal word perhaps is not a sentence member, but if we remove it, the meaning of the utterance will change – it will be just a statement of the fact.
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