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81Sentence function — In linguistics, sentence function refers to a speaker s purpose in uttering a specific sentence; whether a listener is present or not. It answers the question: Why has this been said? The most basic sentence functions in the world s languages… …
82Sentence (mathematical logic) — This article is a technical mathematical article in the area of predicate logic. For the ordinary English language meaning see Sentence, for a less technical introductory article see Statement (logic). In mathematical logic, a sentence of a… …
83Sentence Review Commission — The Sentence Review Commission was established by the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 and was co chaired by Brian Currin, a South African human rights lawyer and Sir John Blelloch, a retired senior Northern Ireland Office civil servant.The… …
84Sentence arbitrale — Arbitrage (droit) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Arbitrage.  Ne pas confondre avec le droit de se faire justice à soi même ou Justice privée. L arbitrage est un mode alternatif de résolution des conflits, dans lequel un arbitre intervient …
85sentence adverb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sentence adverb : singular sentence adverb plural sentence adverbs linguistics an adverb that affects the meaning of a whole sentence, for example fortunately in the sentence Fortunately, no one was injured. or …
86sentence stress — noun the distribution of stresses within a sentence • Hypernyms: ↑stress, ↑emphasis, ↑accent * * * noun also sentence accent : the manner in which stresses are distributed on the syllables of words assembled into sentences called also …
87sentence adverb — noun : an adverb that qualifies a sentence as a whole (as surely in “surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life”) * * * noun, pl ⋯ verbs [count] grammar : an adverb that limits or describes the meaning of an entire… …
88sentence fragment — noun an incomplete sentence; a phrase or clause that is punctuated and capitalized as a sentence but does not constitute a complete grammatical sentence. It is usually caused by the failure to include a subject and a verb in a sentence or as the… …
89sentence fragment — noun : a word, phrase, or clause usually having in speech the intonation characteristic of a sentence but lacking the grammatical completeness and independence of a full sentence * * * a phrase or clause written as a sentence but lacking an… …
90Sentence arrangement — Depending on the arrangement of the words within a sentence and the placement of emphasis, a sentence may be classified as loose , balanced , periodic , or cumulative . A loose sentence expresses the main thought near the beginning and adds… …
