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Abstract Interjections are words which constitute an independent and complete utterance and express a conventionalized linguistic signal of the speaker’s reactions. The term ‘interjection’ can refer to a part of speech as well as to a type of utterance. Interjections are words which constitute an independent and complete utterance and express a conventionalized linguistic signal of the speaker’s reactions. Since interjections are linguistic units in which the distinction between word, sentence and utterance is neutralized, the term ‘…

Abstract Predicative constituents are linguistic units which either form part of the predicate or constitute the whole predicate. Roughly speaking, a predicate is the constituent performing the function which is generally fulfilled by a verb in Indo-European languages; nevertheless the predicate is not necessarily a verb. In Ancient Greek, the predicate of a main clause can be a finite verb form, but also a noun phrase with or without a copula. Every part of speech can be used as a predicate, including, in the case of double predications, several clauses.   Predicative constituents a…