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intrasentential

intrasentential

9.9
Happening inside one sentence
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntrəˈsɛnʧənl/
  • Specialized
: intra-oracional
  • When analyzing text, it is important to identify intrasentential structures that can clarify the meaning.

Examples

  • Intrasentential punctuation helps to separate ideas and improve the flow of a sentence.

  • This use of 'and' was considered a discourse component, as a continuer and marker of the main storyline (Peterson & McCabe, 1991), not an intrasentential connector.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The term 'intrasentential' refers to grammatical elements that function within a single sentence.

Surface Forms

intrasentential positive

Morphology

intrasentential = sentential (transparent) = intra + sentence + al

Formed by the productive prefix 'intra-' (within) attached to 'sentential' (sentence + -al), yielding the straightforward meaning 'within a sentence'.

Etymology

Intrasentential comes from intra- meaning 'within' and sentence, so it means something that happens 'within a single sentence', which is why we use it for parts or relations inside one sentence.