Personal Pronouns

[Brent J. Ermlick]

Patrick C. Ryan wrote:
	. . .
>
> Do not confuse dependence with function. "I myself am going". Is "myself"
> not a nominative depending on another nominative?

In this sentence "myself" is indeed a nominative in apposition to "I",
but it doesn't correspond to the reflexive meaning meaning of
PIE *se. Here "I myself" has an emphatic meaning, somewhat like
Greek "ego:ge".

*se, on the other hand, always refers back to the subject of the clause;
this usage is retained in all reflexes that I know of.

Brent J. Ermlick		Veritas liberabit uos
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