<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper deals with the syntactic and semantic properties of a specific kind of anaphoric device (AD) in English, instantiated by Prn+SELF lexical items (himself/herself/itself…; ‘SELF’ henceforth), which do not behave like anaphors in the sense of Binding Theory either syntactically or semantically. These devices have received the name of <italic>intensives</italic> in the grammatical literature (Leskosky 1972; Siemund 2000, among many others). We will look at the syntactic behaviour of so-called <italic>intensives</italic> in different syntactic contexts, and refine the classification of these ADs taking into consideration (a) how each type of intensive is derived, (b) the kinds of syntactic rules that can affect them, and (c) their meaning.</p></abstract>

This paper deals with the syntactic and semantic properties of a specific kind of anaphoric device (AD) in English, instantiated by Prn+SELF lexical items (himself/herself/itself…; ‘SELF’ henceforth), which do not behave like anaphors in the sense of Binding Theory either syntactically or semantically. These devices have received the name of intensives in the grammatical literature (Leskosky 1972; Siemund 2000, among many others). We will look at the syntactic behaviour of so-called intensives in different syntactic contexts, and refine the classification of these ADs taking into consideration (a) how each type of intensive is derived, (b) the kinds of syntactic rules that can affect them, and (c) their meaning.

On Intensive Endophoric Devices in English

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

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This paper deals with the syntactic and semantic properties of a specific kind of anaphoric device (AD) in English, instantiated by Prn+SELF lexical items...

On Intensive Endophoric Devices in English

Published Online: Jul 30, 2020

Page range: 81 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2019-0005

Keywords
Anaphora, reflexivity, intensives, classic transformational grammar

© 2019 Diego Krivochen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

On Intensive Endophoric Devices in English

Published Online: Jul 30, 2020

Page range: 81 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2019-0005

KeywordsAnaphora, reflexivity, intensives, classic transformational grammar

© 2019 Diego Krivochen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Anaphora, reflexivity, intensives, classic transformational grammar