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Value Intensifiers and reflexives overlap
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
References
Maurer 2009
: 39ff., 151ff.
Examples
M mendu
igbê me
mesu.
M
1sg
mendu
fear
igbê
body
me
poss
.
1sg
mesu.
self
I am afraid of myself.
See
Maurer 2009
: 152
[...] atxi
mesu
ki sa gita, Têtuuga!
[...]
[...]
atxi
2sg
mesu
self
ki
rel
sa
prog
gita,
scream
Têtuuga!
Turtle
[...] Mr Turtle, it is you who is shouting!
See
Maurer 2009
: 184
N vê ami
mesu
na supê.
N
1sg
vê
see
ami
1sg
mesu
self
na
loc
supê.
mirror
I saw myself in the mirror.
See
Maurer 2009
: 152
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