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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460706803321

Autore

Helke Michael <1943-, >

Titolo

The grammar of English reflexives / / Michael Helke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-42035-7

1-315-68817-4

1-317-42034-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions : The English Language ; ; Volume 12

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Pronoun

English language - Reflexives

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1979.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

This work, first published in 1979, was a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970. The first chapter of this thesis concerns the supposed complementarity of reflexives and ordinary anaphoric pronouns. In the second chapter a theory of reflexivisation is characterised which encompasses several other theories. The third chapter considers apparent counter-examples to the generalizations regarding reflexives that were established in Chapter Two. The fourth chapter concerns the meaning of reflexive