Definition
A finite verb is a verb form that
- occurs in an independent clause, and
- is fully inflected according to the inflectional categories marked on verbs in the language.
Sources 5
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 73
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 85
- Crystal 1980, 146
- Palmer 1986, 162
- Mish 1991, 464