Reflexive Verbs in Igbo

Authors

  • Benjamin I. Mmadike Department of Linguistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra State Nigeria
  • Frances N. Chukwukere Department of Linguistics and Igbo Studies, Imo State University, Owerri Imo state, Nigeria

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

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Published

2007-06-16

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2007)

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