Italian Reciprocal Fragment

[Pal24]

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

def Italian.Reciprocals.seClitic : Reciprocal.Marker

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

Equations

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

def Italian.Reciprocals.bipartite : Reciprocal.Marker

l'un l'altro — periphrastic bipartite reciprocal (consensus periphrastic; cf. the French sibling entry).

Equations

• Italian.Reciprocals.bipartite = { form := "l'un l'altro", strategy := Reciprocal.Strategy.bipartiteNP }

def Italian.Reciprocals.markers : List Reciprocal.Marker

Marker inventory, primary strategy first.

Equations

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

def Italian.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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