Intensive Reflexives in English and Hebrew

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titleIntensive Reflexives in English and Hebrew
start_date2008/02/18
schedule11h30-13h
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summaryMost analyses of the English intensive reflexive assume isomorphism, correlating structural position with interpretation. In this talk, I present a unified account of the IR as focus particles, establishing a single core meaning (namely comparison), which systematically interacts with scope and contextual factors to produce a range of readings. Despite the morpho-syntactic differences between IRs in English and Hebrew, the proposed analysis will be shown to account for the function of IRs in both languages alike.
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