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An '''infinitive''' is a verb form whose [[subject]] slot is blocked so that it does not function as the [[main verb]] of an [[independent clause]]. However, it does designate a [[situation core]], so it may function as the head of a (non-finite) [[dependent clause]]. Morphologically, it is a non-finite form which is crucially not specified for [[person]], [[number]] and [[mood]]. Other categories which may or may not be absent include [[tense]], [[aspect]] and [[voice]].

The infinitive is a kind of [[non-finite verb]].

The infinitive is a kind of [[verbal noun]].

===Comments===
[[Portuguese]] and [[Old Neapolitan]] have an infinitive that inflects for person and number.

===Subtypes===
*[[adverbial infinitive]]
*[[historic infinitive]]
*[[conjugated infinitive]]
*[[inflected infinitive]]

===See also===
*[[infinitive construction]]

===Link===
[http://www.uni-erfurt.de/sprachwissenschaft/proxy.php?port=8080&file=lido/servlet/Lido_Servlet Linguistic Documentation, Universität Erfurt]

===References===
*Askedal, John Ole 1988, „Über den Infinitiv als Subjekt im Deutschen. Eine empirische Untersuchung anhand des Erzählwerks von Thomas Mann.“ ''Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik'' 16: 1-25.
*Steube, Anita & Zybatow, Gerhild (eds.) 1994, Zur Satzwertigkeit von Infinitiven und Small Clauses. Tübingen: M. Niemeyer (Linguistische Arbeiten, 315).
*Bech, Gunnar 1983, Studien über das deutsche Verbum infinitum. Tübingen: M. Niemeyer.
*Calboli, Gualtiero 1981, „Le frasi interrogativo-esclamative latine e l’infinito.“ Geckeler, Horst et al. (eds.), Logos semantikos. Studia linguistica in honorem Eugenio Coseriu, 1921-1981. 5 Bde. Berlin & New York: W. de Gruyter; Madrid: Gredos; 4: 133-153.
*Chierchia, Gennaro 1984, Topics in the syntax and semantics of infinitives and gerunds. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts (GSLA).
*Disterheft, Dorothy 1980, The syntactic development of the infinitive in Indo-European. Columbus, OH: Slavica.
*Haspelmath, Martin 1989, „From purposive to infinitive - a universal path of grammaticization.“ Folia Linguistica Historica 10: 287-310. excerpt
*Humboldt, Wilhelm von 1853, „Über den Infinitiv.“ Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 2: 242-251.
*Joseph, Brian D. 1985, The synchrony and diachrony of the Balkan infinitive. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Supplementary Volume).
*Leumann, Manu 1973, „Zum lateinischen Infin. fut. akt. auf -turum esse.“ Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 31: 129-132.

===Other languages===
*French [[infinitif]]
*German [[Infinitiv]]
*Portuguese [[infinitivo (pt)]]
*Spanish [[infinitivo (es)]]

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	An '''infinitive''' is a verb form whose [[subject]] slot is blocked so that it does not function as the [[main verb]] of an [[independent clause]]. However, it does designate a [[situation core]], so it may function as the head of a (non-finite) [[dependent clause]]. Morphologically, it is a non-finite form which is crucially not specified for [[person]], [[number]] and [[mood]]. Other categories which may or may not be absent include [[tense]], [[aspect]] and [[voice]].		An '''infinitive''' is a verb form whose [[subject]] slot is blocked so that it does not function as the [[main verb]] of an [[independent clause]]. However, it does designate a [[situation core]], so it may function as the head of a (non-finite) [[dependent clause]]. Morphologically, it is a non-finite form which is crucially not specified for [[person]], [[number]] and [[mood]]. Other categories which may or may not be absent include [[tense]], [[aspect]] and [[voice]].

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