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Madeline1987 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Imperatives/reflexives
Know yourself!
Keep yourself clean!
Take care of yourself!
All of these have a subject but do not pronounce them
Can you think of any other examples that include reflexives
Does anyone know about coreferentiality ?
If I had to give an example of it in this case
You take care of yourself
you and yourself = N. 2SG which share the same features so they would be coreferential
Keep yourself clean!
Take care of yourself!
All of these have a subject but do not pronounce them
Can you think of any other examples that include reflexives
Does anyone know about coreferentiality ?
If I had to give an example of it in this case
You take care of yourself
you and yourself = N. 2SG which share the same features so they would be coreferential
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There are thousand of examples, I am sure, since those are the primary uses of reflexives. Why don't you google the reflexive pronouns and see what sort of examples appear? You could post some of them on this thread.
- There are thousand of examples, I am sure, since those are the primary uses of reflexives.
- Why don't you google the reflexive pronouns and see what sort of examples appear?
- You could post some of them on this thread.
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There are thousand of examples, I am sure, since those are the primary uses of reflexives. Why don't you google the reflexive pronouns and see what sort of examples appear? You could post some of them on this thread.
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madeline1987Does anyone know about coreferentiality ?That's whenever two (or more) nouns or pronouns refer to the same person or thing.
Larry said he was tired after washing his car.
It's quite possible that Larry, he, and his all refer to the same person, that is, that those three words are coreferential.
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Understood.
In this case , it could either mean washing his own car or washing his (bob's) car. So if I were to indicate coreferentiality it would be as follows?
Larry (i) [N.3SG.M]
He (i/j) [N.3SG.M]
His (i/j) [N.3SG.M]
In this case , it could either mean washing his own car or washing his (bob's) car. So if I were to indicate coreferentiality it would be as follows?
Larry (i) [N.3SG.M]
He (i/j) [N.3SG.M]
His (i/j) [N.3SG.M]
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You are correct , there are tons of examples of imperatives itself.
Such as
Take a break, you're working too hard.
Shut up
Come here
The subject of imperatives are not overtly marked however, is it because there is a pronominal subject in imperatives with the right phi-features to allow only a second person reflexive such as the first set of examples
Such as
Take a break, you're working too hard.
Shut up
Come here
The subject of imperatives are not overtly marked however, is it because there is a pronominal subject in imperatives with the right phi-features to allow only a second person reflexive such as the first set of examples
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madeline1987Understood.Yes, and it's even possible that all three are different or that only La
In this case , it could either mean washing his own car or washing his (bob's) car. So if I were to indicate coreferentiality it would be as follows?
Larry (i) [N.3SG.M]
He (i/j) [N.3SG.M]
His (i/j) [N.3SG.M]
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