Abstract
This chapter describes the reflexive construction in Luganda, a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken in Uganda. The reflexive construction in Luganda is formed with the invariable reflexivizer ee-, a verbal prefix immediately preceding the stem, which can be reconstructed to Proto-Bantu. There are no reflexive pronouns in Luganda. The prefix is obligatorily used to express coreference between the subject and the patient object in transitive verbs and there is no difference between introverted and extroverted verbs. The reflexivizer is also employed in case of coreference between an applied beneficiary and the subject. Apart from morphologically and semantically transparent reflexive constructions, Luganda also has a considerable number of fossilized reflexive verbs.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reflexive constructions in the world's languages |
| Publisher | Language Science Press |
| Pages | 185-206 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783961104116 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783985540693 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Aug 2023 |
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