Difference between revisions of "Expletive"

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(New page: The term '''expletive''' is used in a number of different uses: * in nontechnical usage, it refers to a rude word (such as ''bloody'' or ''fucking''); see expletive infixation; * in sy...)
 
 
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The term '''expletive''' is used in a number of different uses:
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The term '''expletive''' is used in a number of different ways:
 
* in nontechnical usage, it refers to a rude word (such as ''bloody'' or ''fucking''); see [[expletive infixation]];
 
* in nontechnical usage, it refers to a rude word (such as ''bloody'' or ''fucking''); see [[expletive infixation]];
 
* in syntax, [[expletive noun phrase]] is used for an NP that has no [[semantic role]] (e.g. ''it'' in ''it rained'');
 
* in syntax, [[expletive noun phrase]] is used for an NP that has no [[semantic role]] (e.g. ''it'' in ''it rained'');

Latest revision as of 08:19, 14 March 2008

The term expletive is used in a number of different ways: