Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Reflexive constructions

Note that a number of English reflexive verbs are not reflexive in San Andres Creole English, e.g. bied ‘to bathe, wash oneself’. Body part reflexives may have occurred at an earlier stage but are not attested in my data.

Values

Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer

Example 10-201:
Mary sii ihnself iina di glas.
Mary
Mary
sii
see
ihn-self
3sg-refl
iina
in
di
art.def
glas.
mirror
Mary saw herself in the mirror.
Example 10-202:
Wi hafy difend wiself.
Wi
1pl
haf-y
have-to
difend
defend
wi-self.
1pl-refl
We have to defend ourselves.

Source: Bartens 2003: 49

Example 10-203:
Ihn bied wid kuol waata.
Ihn
3sg
bied
bathe
wid
ins
kuol
cold
waata.
water
He washed himself with cold water.

Source: Bartens 2003: 49

Confidence:
Very certain