Article outline

• 6.1Introduction
• 6.2Indirect reflexive constructions
  • 6.2.1Recipient datives
  • 6.2.2Autobenefactives
  • 6.2.3Possessive datives
  • 6.2.4Indirect detransitivised constructions
• 6.3Transitive verbs: General considerations
• 6.4Inherently autobenefactive transitive verbs
• 6.5Verbs of consumption
  • 6.5.1Emphasis in autobenefactives and reflexive transitive verbs
• 6.6Verbs of spending time
• 6.7Verbs of cognition
  • 6.7.1Saber(se) ‘to know’, aprender(se) ‘to learn’, estudiar(se) ‘to study’
  • 6.7.2Creer(se) ‘to believe’, imaginar(se) ‘to imagine’
  • 6.7.3Dar(se) cuenta ‘to realise’: Cognition light verb structures
• 6.8Corporal processes
• 6.9Verbs of finding and forgetting: Lack of intentionality
• 6.10Transitive reflexive verbs of translational motion
  • 6.10.1Transitive reflexive verbs of translational motion with a direct object that conveys a path
• 6.11Allobenefactives
• 6.12Conclusion
• Notes