One-part sentence

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A one-part sentence is a sentence that, unlike a two-part sentence, cannot be broken down into subject and predicate (see also: holophrastic language structure ). 

Dass du (mir) nichts verschüttest!
Aufwachen !
Ja, nein, sicherlich !

There are differences to the one-word sentence .

Classification according to Moskal'skaya

Moskal'skaya (249, 279 ff.) Distinguished two categories: "one-word sentences" (this designation is unfortunate) and idiomatic sentences.

Examples of "one word sentences": 

Stille Nacht (←)
Aufstehen!; Absitzen !; Stillgestanden!; Vorwärts!
Feuer!
Bestimmt; Ja.; Nein.

Examples of idiomatic sentences: 

Dass du (mir) nichts verschüttest!
Der und Sport treiben ?
Ich ein Lügner?;
Immer Mut!; Du Feigling!
So eine Überraschung!
Mach, dass du fortkommst!
Und so was nennt sich Freund!

Danièle Clément remarks dryly about this well-meaning approach: "These examples clearly show the helplessness of a grammarist towards expressions that do not have the form of a" standard ", ie canonical sentence". The canonical sentence consists of subject, predicate and object.

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  • OI Moskalskaja: grammar of contemporary German. 2nd Edition. Verlag Hochschule, Moscow 1975, pp. 249, 279 ff.
  • Helmut Glück (Ed.): Metzler Lexicon Language. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Metzler, Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-476-01519-X .