Icelandic reciprocals

Icelandic marks reciprocity with the two-part noun phrase hvort annað 'each other', cited in its neuter forms as in Nordlinger's (17a). The noun phrase fills the object position, so the clause stays transitive, and its two parts inflect for case independently, as Hurst and Nordlinger describe: the quantifier hvor agrees in case with the antecedent, and annað takes the case of its argument position. The reciprocal is distinct in form from the reflexive sig, which is also bound from outside its clause, out of a subjunctive complement, as in the examples of Sells.

Main definitions

• Icelandic.Reciprocals.hvorAnnad, Icelandic.Reciprocals.markers: the reciprocal noun phrase, and the reciprocal markers.
• Icelandic.Reciprocals.sig: the reflexive pronoun.

References

• R. Nordlinger, The Typology of Reciprocal Constructions (2023)
• P. Hurst and R. Nordlinger, An LFG Approach to Icelandic Reciprocal Constructions (2021)
• P. Sells, Aspects of Logophoricity (1987)

def Icelandic.Reciprocals.hvorAnnad : Reciprocal.Marker

hvort annað 'each other', the two-part reciprocal noun phrase in its neuter forms; both parts inflect for case and gender independently.

Equations

• Icelandic.Reciprocals.hvorAnnad = { morphs := [Morphology.Morph.free "hvort", Morphology.Morph.free "annað"], strategy := Reciprocal.Strategy.bipartiteNP }

def Icelandic.Reciprocals.sig : ReflexivePronoun

The reflexive pronoun sig, which is also bound from outside its clause.

Equations

• Icelandic.Reciprocals.sig = { form := "sig", person := some Person.third }

def Icelandic.Reciprocals.markers : Finset Reciprocal.Marker

The reciprocal markers.

Equations

• Icelandic.Reciprocals.markers = {Icelandic.Reciprocals.hvorAnnad}