Autocausative verb
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Autocausative reflexive signifies that the (usually animated) "referent represented by the subject combines the activity of actor and undergoes a change of state like a patient/subject".[1]
| Language | Examples |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Pedro ofendeu-se. |
| Spanish | Pedro se ofendió. |
| Italian | Pietro si offese. |
| Serbo-Croatian | Petar se uvrijedio. |
| Polish | Piotr się obraził. |
| Russian | Пётр обиделся. |
| German | Peter wurde beleidigt. |
| English | Peter became offended. |
References[edit]
- ^ Parry, Mair (1998). "The reinterpretation of the reflexive in Piedmontese: 'impersonal' SE constructions". Transactions of the Philological Society. 96 (1): 63–116. doi:10.1111/1467-968X.00024. ISSN 0079-1636.
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