In linguistics, a sentence function refers to a speaker's purpose in uttering a specific sentence, clause, or phrase. Whether a listener is present or...

Constituent Discourse Periodic sentence Sentence arrangement Sentence function Syntax T-unit Utterance Conditional sentence Halliday, M. A. K. and Matthiessen...

In grammar, sentence and clause structure, commonly known as sentence composition, is the classification of sentences based on the number and kind of...

denoted by declarative sentences; for example, "The sky is blue" expresses the proposition that the sky is blue. Unlike sentences, propositions are not...

propositional function or a predicate is a sentence expressed in a way that would assume the value of true or false, except that within the sentence there is...

truth of the sentence "John is Greek and John is happy" is a function of the meaning of "and", and the truth values of the atomic sentences "John is Greek"...

Inquisitive semantics Leading question Question under discussion Sentence function Squiggle operator Confusion Who Asked the First Question?, a book...

A garden-path sentence is a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect; the...

A sentence may consist of imprisonment, a fine, or other sanctions. Sentences for multiple crimes may be a concurrent sentence, where sentences of imprisonment...

cleft sentence is a complex sentence (one having a main clause and a dependent clause) that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence. Clefts...

function. On the other hand, modal logic is non-truth-functional. A logical connective is truth-functional if the truth-value of a compound sentence is...

the glue that holds sentences together. Thus they form important elements in the structures of sentences. Words that are not function words are called content...

unconstitutional due to imposing an in effect irrevocable life sentence, contrary to the function of parole after a minimum period, which would be "grossly...

and, for example, can be construed as a function that can apply to sentence meanings to create new sentences, and likewise for noun phrase meanings, verb...

view that claims that, rather than expressing propositions, ethical sentences function similarly to imperatives which are universalizable—whoever makes a...

Semantic feature - Semantic property - Semiotics - Semivowel - Sentence - Sentence function - Shall - Sign - Sign language - Sociolinguistics - Sociolect...

truth value of the compound sentence is defined as a certain truth function of the truth values of the simpler sentences. The connectives are usually...

States Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that set out a uniform policy for sentencing individuals and...

from" or "separated", part of a sentence, functioning as a sentence modifier (usually at the beginning or end of the sentence). It provides an additional...

propositional variable Proof Quantifier ∃ ! ∀ rank Sentence atomic spectrum Signature String Substitution Symbol function logical/constant non-logical variable Term...

variable assignment function (μ above) before truth values for even atomic formulas can be defined. Then the truth value of a sentence is defined to be its...

mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions, angle functions or goniometric functions) are real functions which relate an angle of...

different positions within a sentence. Because Turkish uses a case-marking system to denote how each word functions in a sentence in relation to the rest,...

evaluation function, a grid-search algorithm can be utilized to automate hyperparameter optimization [citation needed]. A way of testing sentence encodings...

abstract syntax trees used in computer programming. Unlike Reed-Kellogg sentence diagrams used for teaching grammar, parse trees do not use distinct symbol...

The opening sentence or opening line stands at the beginning of a written work. The opening line is part or all of the opening sentence that may start...

Sentence spacing concerns how spaces are inserted between sentences in typeset text and is a matter of typographical convention. Since the introduction...

a function (equivalent to the VP) which is (NP\S), which in turn represents a function that searches to the left for an NP and produces a sentence." Tree-adjoining...

the liar is telling the truth, which means the liar just lied. In "this sentence is a lie", the paradox is strengthened in order to make it amenable to...

grammatical/sentence functions are expressed through affixes, with one affix expressing exactly one function) and inflecting (i.e. grammatical/sentence functions...