Catalan Reciprocal Fragment

[Pal24]

Catalan encodes reciprocity with the reflexive-identical clitic es (the grammatical strategy) and the periphrastic l'un a l'altre, alongside a class of lexical reciprocal verbs — verbs with a transitive entry whose reciprocal reading also emerges without es in language-specific environments ([Pal24] ch. 2, Table 2.2; Appendix A carries the verb list formalized in lexicalReciprocals).

def Catalan.Reciprocals.seClitic : Reciprocal.Marker

es — reflexive/reciprocal clitic ([Pal24] ch. 2).

Equations

• Catalan.Reciprocals.seClitic = { form := "es", strategy := Reciprocal.Strategy.recipClitic, readings := [Reciprocal.Reading.reciprocal, Reciprocal.Reading.reflexive] }

def Catalan.Reciprocals.bipartite : Reciprocal.Marker

l'un a l'altre — periphrastic bipartite reciprocal (consensus periphrastic).

Equations

• Catalan.Reciprocals.bipartite = { form := "l'un a l'altre", strategy := Reciprocal.Strategy.bipartiteNP }

def Catalan.Reciprocals.markers : List Reciprocal.Marker

Marker inventory, primary strategy first.

Equations

• Catalan.Reciprocals.markers = [Catalan.Reciprocals.seClitic, Catalan.Reciprocals.bipartite]

def Catalan.Reciprocals.lexicalReciprocals : List Verb

The verbs carrying lexical reciprocal entries ([Pal24], Appendix A), referenced as ordinary verb entries — the lexical strategy marks predicates, not forms. The transitive alternate is the entry itself (homophonous in Romance).

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