quasiconverb

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

quasi- +‎ converb

Noun[edit]

quasiconverb (plural quasiconverbs)

  1. (linguistics) A verb form which functions as a converb, but is constructed differently.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Umetani, Hiroyuki (2019) “Demarcation between Converbs and What Are Not Converbs in Mongolian: Focusing on Combinations of a Verbal-nominal Suffix and a Case Suffix”, in Asian and African Languages and Linguistics (pdf), University of Tokyo