purposesmarking
Purposesmarking is a linguistic term used to describe the set of grammatical devices that signal the purpose or intended outcome of an action within a sentence. It encompasses strategies that encode why an action is undertaken, rather than merely describing the action itself. Purposesmarking can appear at different structural levels, including clausal, verbal, and nominal constructions.
Across languages, purpose marking is realized in several common ways. One major pattern is clausal: subordinate
Functions and scope of purposesmarking vary. It can specify the agent’s goal, clarify the intended outcome of
Purposesmarking is of interest in theoretical syntax and semantics because it touches on the syntax–semantics interface,