Difference between revisions of "Declarative sentence"

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Declarative sentence is a sentence to which a truth value can be assigned, given a certain situation or circumstance.

(i) is a declarative sentence because we can assign it a truth value (e.g., in the actual world sentence (i) is not true).

(i) The Queen of Holland is bald

Sentences expressing a question or command are not declarative.

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+'''Declarative sentence''' is a sentence to which a [[truth value]] can be assigned, given a certain situation or circumstance.
+=== Example ===
+(i) is a declarative sentence because we can assign it a truth value (e.g., in the actual world sentence (i) is not true).
+ (i) The Queen of Holland is bald
+Sentences expressing a question or command are not declarative.
+=== Link ===
+[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Declarative+sentence&lemmacode=1056 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 ===Other languages===
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+[[Category:Semantics]]