Comparative Concept: desiderative predicate (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
desiderative predicate (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
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| Alias(se) | desiderative predicate |
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the predicate that expresses a desiderative event. 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)