Exclamation
Exclamations are short expressions that you make when you are very surprised or upset. They are not always whole sentences. Sometimes they are more such as noise than a word. In this case, they are called interjections. Many exclamations consist of just one word [1].
The term 'exclamation' came from Latin exclamatio(n-), from exclamare ‘shout out’ [2].
Exclamations are often formed with how and what or with so and such; negative question forms are also common.
There are four different constructions of exclamations:
1. exclamations with ‘how’.
2. exclamations with ‘what’.
3. exclamations with ‘so’ and ‘such’.
4. negative question forms [Swan, 223-224].
We use exclamations to show a strong emotion about something. The type of phrase or clause connected with exclamations is called exclamative. We usually form exclamatives with 'what' or 'how'. In writing, we put an exclamation mark (!) at the end of the exclamative [4].
⠀ 1. Retrieved from: Collins Online Dictionary [https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/easy-learning/what-are-exclamations-and-interjections-in-english].
⠀ 2. Retrieved from: Oxford English Dictionary [https://www.lexico.com/definition/exclamation].
⠀ 3. Swan Michael. (2016). Practical English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.