A frequentist explanation of some universals of reflexive marking

This paper identifies a number of empirically observable universals of reflexive marking that concern the existence of a special reflexive pronoun and the length of the marker that is used in reflexive constructions, in various different positions of the nonreflexive or reflexive pronoun. Most of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin Haspelmath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2008-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.331