purposeinflected
Purposeinflected is a proposed linguistic category describing inflectional forms that encode the intended purpose or function of an action or object. It can appear as a purposive inflection on verbs or as a function-use inflection on nouns. The concept appears in theoretical linguistics and is used in some constructed languages to model how speakers indicate purpose directly through morphology.
In verb form, a suffix or clitic such as -pur marks purposive action, typically attached to a
Usage and variation: Some languages encode purpose with separate adpositional phrases or mood markers; purposeinflected forms
History and reception: The term purposeinflected was coined in contemporary linguistic discussions and has greater visibility
See also: purposive mood, benefactive, instrumental case, functional morphology, constructed language.