Reflexive Verbs in Igbo

Abstract

The paper examines a sub-set of igbo verbs, which are referred to as reflexive verbs. These verbs depict actions performed by an Agent NP which revert to the same NP. A reflexive verb however may or may not take an object NP as a reflexive anaphor. To account for this, we provide the lexical thematic representation of a typical reflexive verb. This representation specifies the choice of a null or overt object NP