sentence

…In everyday life, the terms “sentence” and “article” are often used ambiguously, but in linguistics, the equivalent of an English sentence (i.e., if written in text, each of the words would end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point) is called a sentence, and sentences (or “utterances” as described below) that are linked together to form a meaningful whole are called a text. It is said that there are as many definitions of what a sentence is as there are grammarians, and in Japanese linguistics in particular, not only have definitions been discussed, but there has also been active, somewhat philosophical discussion of what makes a sentence a sentence. …

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…日常生活では〈文〉と〈文章〉とをあいまいに使うことが多いが，言語学などでは，英語のsentenceにあたるもの(つまり，文字で書くとすれば句点やピリオド･疑問符･感嘆符で締めくくられるおのおの)を文と呼び，文が(あるいは後述の〈発話〉が)連結して内容のあるまとまりをなしたものを文章(テキスト)と呼んで区別する。文とは何かについては，文法学者の数だけ定義があるといわれるほどで，とりわけ日本の国語学では，ただ定義を論じるのみならず，文の文たるゆえんを問おうとするようないささか哲学的な論議も従来から盛んに行われてきた。…

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