Datapoint Afrikaans/Reflexive constructions

Value "Ordinary anaphoric pronoun" is chosen for inherently reflexive verbs and for verbs like was 'to wash'. Otherwise Value "Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer" is chosen. Some verbs permit an alternation between the pronoun and reflexive possibilities, e.g. Jan skeer hom/homself [John shave 3SG.M.OBL/3SG.M.OBL.REFL] 'John shaves himself'; in this case, the structure with hom is ambiguous, as the pronoun could also refer to another male.

Values

Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer Frequency: 75.0%

Example 29-175:
Jan haat homself.
Jan1
John
haat
hates
hom-self1.
3sg.m.obl-self
John hates himself.
Confidence:
Very certain

Ordinary anaphoric pronoun Frequency: 25.0%

Example 29-174:
Jan het hom misgis.
Jan
John
het
pst
hom
3sg.m.obl
misgis.
mistook
John made a mistake (lit. John mistook him(self)).
Example 29-176:
Ek herinner my daaraan.
Ek
1sg.nom
herinner
recall
my
1sg.obl
daar-aan.
there-on
I remember that (lit. I remind myself of that).
Example 29-177:
Sy bemoei haar daarmee.
Sy
3sg.f.nom
bemoei
concern
haar
3sg.f.obl
daar-mee.
there-with
She concerns herself with that.
Confidence:
Very certain