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nondeclarative

nondeclarative

8.1
A sentence that asks a question, gives an order, or shows strong feeling
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnˈdɪkləˌreɪtɪv/
  • Specialized
: no declarativa
  • In English, questions and commands are considered nondeclarative sentences.

Examples

  • Exclamations like 'What a surprise!' are also nondeclarative forms.

  • A nondeclarative sentence often asks a question.

  • The teacher asked students to identify which sentences were nondeclarative in the exercise.

  • Is this a nondeclarative form of writing?

  • In English, questions and commands are types of nondeclarative sentences.

  • Exclamations such as 'Wow!' and 'What a great day!' are classified as nondeclarative sentences.

  • When learning sentence types, students often practice identifying nondeclarative structures.

Antonyms

declarative
  • Specialized
7 6.3

Relating to sentences that state facts or give information

Surface Forms

nondeclarative positive

Morphology

nondeclarative = declarative (transparent) = non + declarative

Formed by adding productive negating prefix 'non-' to 'declarative', yielding 'not declarative' in the grammatical sense.

Etymology

Nondeclarative is built from non- 'not' and declare 'to say clearly'. So a nondeclarative sentence is not a plain statement but a question, command, or exclamation rather than a 'declaration'.