Conjunctieve

Conjunctieve is a proposed grammatical mood in linguistic theory. It designates a form that marks a conjunctive relationship between clauses, expressing that the action of the verb is bound to another clause through coordination or simultaneity. The term is not widely attested as a mainstream category in natural languages; it appears mainly in typological surveys and in discussions of constructed languages or historical reconstructions where a conjunctive connection is postulated.

In typology, conjunctieve could encode various relations: simultaneous action with the main clause; linking of events that occur under a shared context; or a dependent action whose occurrence is linked to a preceding clause. Morphologically, a conjunctieve has often been described as a distinct verb form or enclitic/clitic cluster that carries person and tense information and interacts with the main verb's mood.

Its syntax is flexible: in some proposals, the conjunctieve clause remains in clause-initial position with the main clause, or the verb carries a conjunctive marking within the same clause. The function is to signal a causal, temporal, or logical connection between events, enabling explicit coordination without using separate conjunctions.

Examples are typically hypothetical, illustrating how a clause with conjunctieve marking would behave with other moods like indicative or subjunctive. The concept remains primarily theoretical and is used to explore how languages encode complex clause linkage. See also: subjunctive mood, conjunction, grammatical mood.