The authors' focal degree wh-exclamatives appear to have syntax confined to an exclamatory reading, which is why prior literature has postulated a dedicated exclamative clause type.
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The landscape of exclamations: brief musings on emotive language — Exclaiming as pervasive modification rather than a distinct force or clause type
they are syntactically realized by structures that seem to be con fi ned to expressing an exclamation reading
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2008#unit-2-p4
The landscape of exclamations: brief musings on emotive language — Exclaiming as pervasive modification rather than a distinct force or clause type
they are syntactically realized by structures that seem to be con fi ned to expressing an exclamation reading
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2008#unit-2-p4
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