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Reflexive-possessive pronoun *svojь
First of all, I am going to have to admit - the quality of this audio is bad since I am experiencing some issues with my microphone. Still, I hope it won´t be too distracting and I apologize for the inconvenience.
Slavic languages express the belonging of the person or object in question through the reflexive-possessive pronoun *𝐬𝐯𝐨𝐣ь. But when exactly is it used and what is its role among all the other possessive pronouns? 𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭!
Literature mentioned in the episode:
1. HONSELAAR, WIM. “REFLECTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN REFLEXIVE POSSESSIVE PRONOUN ЅѴОЈ.” Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics, vol. 8, 1986, pp. 235–48. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40996930. Accessed 15 Feb. 2023.
2. Nedoluzhko, Anna. "A new look at possessive reflexivization: A comparative study between Czech and Russian." Proceedings of the Workshop on Grammar and Lexicon: interactions and interfaces (GramLex). 2016.
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