The Case for Reflexives or Reflexives for Case

Pierre Pica (1)

1 SFL - Structures Formelles du Langage

It is claimed that the English genitive marker 's' suprisingly mirrors- at least in some dialects of English - the three main different usage of the mono-morphemic reflexives such as 'se' in French. A solution to this paradox already noted by Jespersen (1918) is proposed drawing on Watkins paradox according to which the study of what looks like 'social' parameters might be relevant for linguistics.

Mots clés: reflexive; binding; genitive; possessive

Domaines: Linguistique

Pierre Pica. The Case for Reflexives or Reflexives for Case. Proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, 1990, Proceedings from the 26th Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, 26 (364-378). ⟨halshs-01494189⟩