Values

0 no 4
1 yes 30
? missing value 0

Can verbs in purposive subordinate clauses be in bare infinitive form?

Uralic Areal Typology feature UT043

Can verbs in purposive subordinate clauses be in bare infinitive form?

A subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a constituent of the main clause. Purposive clauses are a type of subordinate clauses used to express meanings like ‘in order to’, ‘so that’ etc. (1 and 2); a separate device may be used to introduce the clause (see et in example 2). Typically to adverbial clauses, purposive clauses function as adjuncts as they are not obligatory constituents of the clause. (The purposive clause may also be called final clause.)

(1) Udmurt (Svetlana Edygarova & Nikolay Kuznetsov, p.c.)
Мон мынӥсько Венгрие мадьяр кылэз дышетыны
[mon mɨn-iɕko vengri-je mɑɟjɑr kɨl-ez
dɨʃet-ɨnɨ**]
1SG go-PRS.1SG Hungary-ILL Hungarian language-ACC study-INF

(2) Estonian
Ma lähe-n Ungari-sse, et ungari keel-t õppi-da**
1SG go-1SG Hungary-ILL in_order Hungarian language-PRT study-INF
'I’m going to Hungary in order to study Hungarian'

Coding. The value is '1' if it is possible to use a bare infinitive form (see 1 and 2) in the purposive subordinate clause.

Language Value Comment Example Id

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