a reflexive verb is, loosely, a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example, "I wash myself". More generally, a reflexive verb has...

position of reflexive pronouns in this usage is either right after the noun the pronouns are emphasizing or, if the noun is subject, after-verb-or-object...

alternating intransitive verbs in English are change and sink. In the Romance languages, these verbs are often called pseudo-reflexive, because they are signaled...

pronoun with a reflexive relationship with its self-identical antecedent Reflexive verb, where a semantic agent and patient are the same Reflexive relation...

all reflexive verbs are conjugated by this pattern. These have a reflexive meaning, see the examples below. Every reflexive verb is also a copula verb, so...

adjectival participle and adverbial participle). Verbs and participles can be reflexive, i.e. have reflexive suffix -ся/-сь appended after ending. The past...

transitive verb is a verb that entails one or more transitive objects, for example, 'enjoys' in Amadeus enjoys music. This contrasts with intransitive verbs, which...

"we meet each other" In other cases, the reflexive verb has a completely different meaning from its non-reflexive counterpart – karam – to drive, karam se...

"inherently reflexive" verbs, for which the reflexive pronoun cannot be interpreted semantically as an object (direct or indirect) of the verb. (ordinary...

of reflexive verbs: Verbs that are inherently reflexive. For example, the verb se souvenir ('to remember') has no non-reflexive counterpart; the verb souvenir...

intransitive form of a labile verb can suggest that there is no agent. With some non-labile verbs, this can be achieved using the reflexive voice: He solved the...

also be an extension of a reflexive construction. In addition, certain ditransitive verbs can also act as monotransitive verbs: "David told a story to the...

voice, the grammatical subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb – that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action or has its state...

literally 'we are arrived.') Vous vous êtes levé(e)(s) ('You have got up', reflexive verb, literally 'you have raised yourself/selves') The Spanish present perfect...

suffix -sja (-ся, 'self'), which also has reflexive and passive interpretations. Reciprocal pronoun Reflexive verb Haspelmath, Martin. 2007. Further remarks...

pseudo-reflexive verbs. These verbs behave like ambitransitives, but the intransitive form requires a clitic pronoun that usually serves also for reflexive constructions...

languages, have fused the reflexive with the verb to form a new synthetic conjugation, whereas in the Romance languages the reflexive mostly remains separate...

anticausative verbs are formed through a pseudo-reflexive construction, using a clitic pronoun (which is identical to the non-emphatic reflexive pronoun) applied...

voices, such as the same form for passive and reflexive. Anticausative verb Dative shift Deponent verb Description Diathesis alternation English passive...

Anticausative verb – type of unaccusative Copula Deponent verb Ergative verb – transitive equivalent of unaccusative Impersonal passive voice Reflexive verb Transitivity...

The serial verb construction, also known as (verb) serialization or verb stacking, is a syntactic phenomenon in which two or more verbs or verb phrases are...

A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood, ability, permission, request,suggestion, order, obligation...

An auxiliary verb (abbreviated aux) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect...

This includes verbs such as vergeten "to forget" and verliezen "to lose (an object)". Reflexive verbs are accompanied by a reflexive pronoun as object...

and type of arguments and complements controlled by a predicate, content verbs being typical predicates. Valency is related, though not identical, to subcategorization...

verb: Ed seemed quite competent: — complex-intransitive verb + predicative complement She considered Ed quite competent : — complex-transitive verb +...

this table cannot be used for reflexive verbs. That will be discussed separately. As with non-specific verbs, specific verbs have an alternate v/p form used...

deponent verb is a verb that is active in meaning but takes its form from a different voice, most commonly the middle or passive. A deponent verb has no...

inflected noun benefits from the situation expressed by the verb, or, when there is no verb, that the noun to which it attaches is a recipient, as in the...

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