different between interjectional vs interjection

English

Etymology

interjection +? -al

Adjective

interjectional (comparative more interjectional, superlative most interjectional)

1. Being or pertaining to an interjection.

   "Ouch!" is an interjectional utterance.

Synonyms

• ejaculative

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiecti?nem, accusative singular of interiecti? (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of interici? (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaci? (“throw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n.t??d??k.??n/
• (US) enPR: ?n't?r.j?k?sh?n, IPA^(key): /??n.t??d??k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

interjection (plural interjections)

2. (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

   • Some evidence confirming our suspicions that topicalised and dislocated constituents occupy different sentence positions comes from Greenberg (1984). He notes that in colloquial speech the interjection man can occur after dislocated constituents, but not after topicalised constituents: cf.
     (21) (a)      Bill, man, I really hate him (dislocated NP)
     (21) (b)    ^?Bill, man, I really hate (topicalised NP)

3. An interruption; something interjected

Synonyms

• (grammar): exclamation
• (interruption): insertion, interpolation, intercalation

Related terms

• interject
• interjectional

Translations

See also

• vocative
• interjection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Old French interjection, borrowed from Latin interiecti?, interiecti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.??k.sj??/

Noun

interjection f (plural interjections)

1. (grammar) interjection

Further reading

• “interjection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interiecti?, interiecti?nem.

Noun

interjection f (oblique plural interjections, nominative singular interjection, nominative plural interjections)

1. exclamation

Descendants

• ? English: interjection
• French: interjection