Czech Reciprocal Fragment

[Nor23] [Sil08] [Sil12]

Czech uses the reflexive clitic "se" for reciprocal meaning (monovalent), syntactically formed per [Sil08]/[Sil12]: it cannot form discontinuous reciprocals ([Nor23] ex. 29, p. 86).

Alongside "se", Czech has the periphrastic bipartite "jeden druhého" ('one the-other'), attested in [Sil12]'s Czech examples (comparative ellipsis, depictives) — so the reciprocal-reflexive relation is the WALS "mixed" configuration (WALS Ch 106 itself has no Czech row).

def Czech.Reciprocals.se : Reciprocal.Marker

se — reflexive/reciprocal clitic ([Nor23] ex. 29).

Equations

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

def Czech.Reciprocals.jedenDruheho : Reciprocal.Marker

jeden druhého — bipartite periphrastic reciprocal 'one the-other' ([Sil12]'s Czech examples).

Equations

• Czech.Reciprocals.jedenDruheho = { form := "jeden druhého", strategy := Reciprocal.Strategy.bipartiteNP }

theorem Czech.Reciprocals.bipartite_distinct_from_clitic : jedenDruheho.form ≠ se.form

The periphrastic reciprocal is distinct from the clitic.

def Czech.Reciprocals.markers : List Reciprocal.Marker

Marker inventory, primary strategy first.

Equations

• Czech.Reciprocals.markers = [Czech.Reciprocals.se, Czech.Reciprocals.jedenDruheho]