The Semantics of the Reflexive Pronoun Constructions

Meanings that occur in the reflexive constructions (verb + reflexive sebja ‘self’) are considered in the paper on the basis of verbs of motion, mental, emotional and speech verbs. “Ordinary” pronouns do not initiate changes in meaning, but reflexive ones, on the contrary, can do it. Verbs of physical action in their initial meanings have two options for a dependent noun phrase. For verbs of speech, felicity conditions change in the reflexive context.