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sentence-final particle

sentence-final particle noun: a word class that occurs at the end of a sentence or utterance that does not carry relational meaning, but may indicate linguistic modality, register or pragmatics.

Noun

sentence-final particle (plural sentence-final particles)

  1. a word class that occurs at the end of a sentence or utterance that does not carry relational meaning, but may indicate linguistic modality, register or pragmatics

Forms of sentence-final particle

pluralsentence-final particles

Origin of sentence-final particle

From sentence + final + particle.

Questions about sentence-final particle

What does sentence-final particle mean?
Sentence-final particle means a word class that occurs at the end of a sentence or utterance that does not carry relational meaning, but may indicate linguistic modality, register or pragmatics.
What part of speech is sentence-final particle?
Sentence-final particle is a noun.
What is the plural of sentence-final particle?
The plural of sentence-final particle is sentence-final particles.

Words near sentence-final particle in the dictionary

  1. sentence fragments
  2. sentence mix
  3. sentence mixed
  4. sentence mixes
  5. sentence mixing
  6. sentence-final particle
  7. sentence-mix
  8. sentence-mixed
  9. sentence-mixes
  10. sentence-mixing
  11. sentenceable

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