The Infinitival Verb-Second Construction in Middle Dutch, the Imperative-for-Infinitive Construction in Frisian, and the Distribution of Subjunctives

In this paper, the infinitival V2-construction in Middle Dutch & the so-called IpI construction in modern Frisian are compared. It is concluded that the Frisian construction is a finite counterpart of the infinitival Middle-Dutch construction. While Middle-Dutch IV2 realizes a hortative infinitive, the Frisian construction is a finite subjunctive construction. While this construction was limited to intensional subjunctives in older stages of Frisian, it was generalized over the two types of embedded subjunctives: intensional subjunctives & polarity subjunctives. Figures, References. Adapted from the source document