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A reflexive is an expression such as himself in English, which must be anaphorically related to an antecedent.
Example
herself in (i) is a reflexive with Mary as its antecedent.
(i) Maryi dresses herselfi well
Reflexives behave as anaphors with respect to the binding theory.
Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.
