Volitive Force ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/VolitiveForce


Thing
      |_ Abstract
            |_ Linguistic Property
                  |_ Morphosyntactic Property
                        |_ Force Property
                              |_ Volitive Force

Definition:

VolitiveForce indicates that the speaker is willing to perform some action [Palmer 2001, 76].



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Language Code: sht Volitive mode encodes that the speaker is willing to perform some action.
2009-06-04 13:28:09
t̓á-hu·sáʔ
VOL.1.SG-talk
I'll talk

References:
Mithun (1999:499)


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