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Publication details [#2377]

Costa, Rachel. 1975. A functional solution for illogical reflexives in Italian. Papers from the Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 11 (Parasession on functionalism) : 112–125.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

functional constraint | passive construction | reflexive construction

Language as a subject

Italian

Annotation

C. describes Italian 'illogical reflexives' (e.g. 'I fatti si sanno già', 'the facts are already known') as agentless passives and formulates functional constraints on their use.