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navigation, search    An lsola t1ve lS any free lexeme Wh1Ch
typ1cally OCCU1"3 as an 1mmed1ate const1tuent of construct1ons
no smaller than an ent1re sJntact1c clause (except 1n
hypostas1s), or 1n construct1on w1th other lsolat1ves.
Isolat1ves typ1cally occur as sole lexem1c const1tuents of
ent1re phonem1c rrrases Wh1Ch precede, follow, or 1nterrupt the
larger syntact1c cons truct10ns I lla tare the1r co-
const1tuents. All lsolat1ves may occur as sole lexem1c
Cl1llst1tuents of ent1re clauses, but some typ1cally so occur.
The class1f1cat1on of lSOlat1ves 1nto four sub-groups - 1)
InterJect1ons, 2) Responses, 3) Vocat1ves, and 4) Im1tat1ves -
lS based on typ1cal occurrence w1th respect to co-const1tuents.
Isolat1ves occur only 1n the loosest k1nd of construct1on w1th
the rema1nders of the1r clauses. Only as quotat1ons (e.g. 'He
sa1d ouchl I) do they enter 1nto normal syntact1c relat1onsh1ps,
and even here there lS often a phrase-boundary to set them
apart. A