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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 12.09.23 um 13:17 schrieb Bastian
Persohn:<br>
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<div class="">Concerning your initial question, what about
labeling the 'want to' clitic a <i class="">volitive</i>,
making <i class="">desiderative</i> being available as a
replacement for <i class="">favorative</i>?</div>
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Though this is leading a little bit astray:<br>
In the terminology which I have inherited since student times,
'optative' and 'desiderative' share the semantic component of
'wish', but at different levels of propositional structure.
'Volitive' represents the semantic component 'will' (in the sense of
'intention' or 'willingness'). There are contexts in which the
difference matters.<br>
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