Article outline

• 1.1Introduction
• 1.2Reflexive constructions in the varieties under study: State of the art
  • 1.2.1Purely reflexive and reciprocal verbs
  • 1.2.2The relationship of the reflexive verb and its unmarked counterpart
  • 1.2.3Semantic criteria in typologies of paradigmatic reflexive constructions
  • 1.2.4“Difficult cases”
  • 1.2.5Summary
• 1.3The diachrony of reflexive constructions
  • 1.3.1Overall development
  • 1.3.2Indirect reflexive constructions
  • 1.3.3From reflexive to reciprocal
  • 1.3.4From reflexive to middle
  • 1.3.5Reflexive intransitive and transitive verbs
  • 1.3.6Summary
• 1.4Typological approaches to reflexive and middle constructions
  • 1.4.1Voice and diathesis
  • 1.4.2The middle voice
  • 1.4.3The middle voice as a derived voice
  • 1.4.4The middle voice as a basic voice
• 1.5Theoretical framework
  • 1.5.1Language change and variation
  • 1.5.2Mechanisms of language change
  • 1.5.3Spatial diffusion of language change
• Notes