Reflexives and di-verbs in Standard Indonesian

[Paul Richard Kroeger]

It would probably be wise to distinguish between emphatic uses of "diri"
and true reflexives.  Examples 1, 2 and 4 seem to be emphatics.

Cheers,
Paul Kroeger
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Whitney Anne Postman wrote:

> Dear fellow Austronesianists,
>
> I have some questions about how anaphora are bound in so-called
> "passive" constructions in Standard Indonesian. If I'm not mistaken,
> the argument with the highest-ranking thematic role must bind a
> reflexive in sentences such as the following:
>
> (1) 	a. Mobil itu dikemudikannya sendiri
> 	b. Mobil itu dikemudikan dia sendiri
> 	c. Mobil itu dia kemudikan sendiri
> 	'S/he can drive the car her-/him-self'
>
> (2)	a. Anak-anak itu dapat dijaganya dirinya
> 	b. Anak-anak itu dapat dia jaga dirinya
> 	'S/he can look after the children her-/him-self'
>
> (3)	a. Buku ini diambil saya untuk saya sendiri
> 	b. Buku ini saya ambil untuk saya sendiri
> 	'I'm taking this book for myself'
>
> (4	Lukisan itu dicat kami sendiri
> 	'We did the painting ourselves'
>
> My 2 main questions are:
> 1) Are the above sentences grammatical?
> 2) Do they have the same meaning as the English glosses?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -Whitney
>
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