Comparative Concept: desiderative event (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
desiderative event (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | desiderative event • desiderative • desiderative (event) |
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an event that expresses a desire toward the realization of a future event that is expressed by the complement. Example: in Meagan wants to climb Mt. Baldy on Saturday, wants denotes a desiderative event. Noonan (2007:135) includes intending events in the category of desiderative events. (Section 18.2.2)