Abstract
Turkish has two types of reflexives: a bound morpheme, which is a verbal suffix, and a free morpheme. This chapter introduces the two main types of morphologically free reflexives. It discusses the differences between these two types. Then a question is raised about the nature of the inflected reflexive. Two possibilities are considered in the chapter: (1) that this element might be a Long Distance (LD)-reflexive and (2) that this element might be a pronominal. The chapter then discusses various approaches to account for that hybrid nature, and the properties of bare reflexives and distinguishes between a narrative stylistic level, where these elements are pronouns of empathy, versus a standard stylistic level, where the same elements are genuine syntactic, local anaphors. It finally illustrates complex, reduplicated reflexives and shows that they are strictly local. Keywords: anaphor; free morpheme; Long Distance (LD) reflexive; Pronoun; Turkish; verbal suffix
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