LL-L "Syntax" 2004.02.09 (02) [E]

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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Syntax" 2004.01.06 (10) [E]

>> From: M.Verhagen <M.Verhagen at let.kun.nl>
>> Subject: Diachrone syntax
>>
>> Dear Lowlands-L members,
>>
>> I am studying the introduction of the reflexive form "zich" in Middle
> Dutch.
>> At that time one could say:
>>
>> (1) Hij wast hem.
>>      He washes him.
>>
>> Meaning either: He washes himself or He washes somone else.
>>
>> Later on, the lexeme 'zich' came into the Dutch/Lower Saxonian
>> dialects
> and
>> disambiguated the sentence above:
>>
>> (2) Hij wast hem.
>>      He washes him.
>>
>> (3) Hij wast zichzelf.
>>     He washes himself.
>>
>> Nowadays, however, some dialects in the Netherlands still have 'older'
>> forms, like HEMZELF, or just HEM. I was wondering, not just for
>> Dutch, but
>> for the whole variety of Lowlands Languages, which
>> reflexive/reciprocal
>> forms do occur nowadays and what would be even more interesting: what
>> reflexives/reciprocals did occur in earlier times??
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>>
>> Michel Verhagen
Hi Michel,
In Flemish we would say:
(1) ie wast z'n eigen
       ie wast em
       ie wast zijnzelven

groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene

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