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SUMMARY
It is argued here that there are two kinds of reflexive verbs in Modern Icelandic:
inherently reflexive verbs and potentially reflexive verbs. An inherently reflexive
verbs is always accompanied by a reflexive pronoun; together they constitute one
semantic whole. A potentially reflexive verb may be accompanied by either a re-
flexive pronoun or any other noun phrase indicating a person. The difference
between these two classes of reflexive verbs is most clearly reflected by case-
agreement in íe/n-phrases, as illustrated by the following examples:
(i) Hún réð sig sem ráðskona/ráðskonu
(She (N) got herself (A) a job as a housekeeper (N/A)
(ii) Hann hagar sér sem bjáni/*bjána
(He (N) is behaving himself (D) like a fool (N/*D)
Example (i) contains a potentially reflexive verb and case agreement is possible
either with the subject or the object. Example (ii) on the other hand contains an
inherently reflexive verb, and only agreement with the subject is possible. In-
herently reflexive verbs only allow reference to (i.e. agreement with) the subject of
the clause and not to the reflexive pronoun, but in the case of potentially reflexive
verbs, agreement is in most cases possible with either the subject or object, i.e. the
reflexive pronoun may be referred to. The subject and object of potentially re-