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In theoretical linguistics, a converb (abbreviated cvb) is a nonfinite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination: notions like 'when', 'because', 'after' and 'while'. Other terms that have been used to refer to converbs include adverbial participle, conjunctive participle, gerund, gerundive and verbal adverb (Ylikoski 2003).
Converbs are differentiated from coverbs, verbs in complex predicates in languages that have the serial verb construction.
Converbs can be observed in most Turkic languages, Mongolic languages, as well as in all language families of Siberia such as Tungusic.[1]
- ^ Sangyub Baek (2015). "Tungusic converbs in -mi from the perspective of linguistic area" (PDF). Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Central Asian Languages and Linguistics (ConCALL). 1. ISBN 9780996176200.