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Example 6-91
meself, youself, he-/she-/itself, weself, allyuhself, themself
meself,
1sg
.self
youself,
2sg
.self
he-/she-/itself,
3sg
.self
weself,
1pl
.self
allyuhself,
2pl
.self
themself
3pl
.self
myself, yourself, himself/herself/itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Comment:
Note that the form
self
alone is used to emphasize a nominal:
She self do it
'She did it herself'.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 51
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Reciprocal constructions: Special reciprocal construction based on 'other'
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