participiippipronomini

Participiippipronomini is a term used in linguistic discussions to describe a class of pronouns that occur with participial forms to designate participants in the action described by a participial clause. The term signals that the referent is connected to a non-finite verb form rather than to a finite clause, and it is sometimes discussed in analyses of Finnic and other language families with rich participial morphology.

Morphology and syntax vary by language. In some theories, participiippipronomini attach to the participle as clitics; in others they function as independent pronouns within the surrounding clause. They typically carry person and number information and may show case marking when the participle assigns a grammatical role such as agent or patient to the referent.

Function and usage. Participiippipronomini help maintain referential clarity in non-finite clauses and reduced relative clauses, allowing a participant to be mentioned without repeating a noun phrase. Their status as a distinct category is debated: some grammars treat them as a separate class, while others analyze them as standard pronouns or as part of the verbal inflection.

See also: Participle, pronoun, clitic, non-finite clause.