Reflexivity (grammar)

In grammar, reflexivity is a property of syntactic constructs whereby two arguments (actual or implicit) of an action or relation expressed by a single predicate have the same reference.[1]

Reflexivity may be expressed by means of: reflexive pronouns or reflexive verbs. The latter ones may be constructed with the help of reflexive affixes (e.g., in Russian) or reflective particles (e.g., in Polish).

References

  1. ^ Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics By Hadumod Bussmann, Gregory Trauth, Kertin Kazzazi "Reflexivity