Abstract
The article addresses Latvian reflexive verbs with the derivational formant paš- ‘self-’. Paš- is the stem of the emphatic pronoun pats, meaning ‘oneself, by oneself, on one’s own’; thus, verbs derived with paš- are classified as compound verbs. A mass media database search yielded 150 reflexive verbs derived with paš-. Reflexive verbs without paš- include both subjective and objective reflexive verbs. However, in case of inanimate subjects, the semantics of paš- increases the agent’s volition and facilitates personification, allowing the interpretation of most paš-compound reflexive verbs as subjective reflexive verbs. Since the productivity of paš- is generally dominant in nominal derivation, in addition to these verbal derivations, there are 95 paš-compound reflexive action nouns that are not attested in their verbal forms. For non-reflexive action nouns, paš- may serve to express reflexivity and thus semantic differentiation between reflexive and non-reflexive action nouns is neutralized. Overall, the analysed derivatives represent the semantic interaction of reflexivity and emphatic meaning, as well as intersection of verbal and nominal derivation.
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