Intensifiers and Reflexives in Germanic Languages
by
Volker Gast
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
English self-forms and related words from other Germanic languages (e.g. Dutch zelf, Swedish själv, etc.) are used in two different functions: as ‘intensifiers’ (e.g. The president himself made the decision) and as markers of reflexivity (John criticized himself). On the basis of a comparative...