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#2376. myself, thyself ˤ my- thy- [reflexive_pronoun][personal_pronoun][case][clitic]

Ƶ̾ oneself ȾǤˡ;̾νͭʷƤƤ뤫 (ex. myself, thyself)ŪʷƤƤ뤫 (ex. himself, themselves) ϡѸˤĹ餯Ƥ1ĤǤ롥ܥ֥Ǥ⡤#47. ͭʤŪʤmyself himself ([2009-06-14-1])#1851. Ƶ̾ oneself ͳˤĤƤν ([2014-05-22-1]) ǰäƤ
myself, thyself ǽͭʤѤ뤳ȤˤĤơεǤ self ̾Ȳᤵ줿Ȥȥȸ줫αƶȤҲ𤷤⤦1ͭϤʤΤϡMustanoja (146) ʤɤΤȤͿʷ첻岽Ǥ롥ѸǤϡ12;ΤǤ self ֤Τ3;ΤξƱͤͿʷǤꡤme self, þe self ʤɤɽ蘆Ƥ me þe ܼ (proclitic) Τ褦˵ǽϤȲŪ˼岽e ɽ蘆첻 i ؤѲ13 miself, þiself Ȥʤ˵ڤӡmi, þi ϽͭʤȤơself ̾ȤƤȤƺʬϤ졤12;ʣ˱Ѥ our selve(n), your selve(n) ⸽褦ˤʤäȤܼβ岽ϡbiforen, bitwene ˤ be- > bi- ʤɤˤФдѻ롤褯븽ݤǤ롥
Keenan (344) ⡤Τ褦˽Ҥ٤ Mustanoja β岽ٻƤ롥

I claim these forms [= mi + self and þi + self] are just phonologically reduced forms of the procliticized dative pronouns me and þe. The correspondence of Old English long close e to Middle English short i is well attested . . . . Me and þe are the only dative pronouns that consist of a single light syllable. The others are either closed (him, us, hem or disyllabic or diphthongal (hire, eow). So it is natural that phonological reduction takes place first in 1st and 2nd sg. Once reduced we may identify them with possessive adjectives, surely the basis of the Pattern Generalization to your + self and our + self in 1st and 2nd pl (modern spelling) in the mid-1300s, which facilitates interpreting self as a N.


ϡme þi ΤߤñǤȤŦˤơϤ褦˻פ롥ޤ;̾Τ褦ʸˤơ˾塤٤֤ⷫμ岽ȶƤȤϡ#1198. ic I ([2012-08-07-1])#2076. us ȯˡ ([2015-01-02-1])#2077. you ȯˡ ([2015-01-03-1]) Ǥ⸫ƤȤǤ롥

Mustanoja, T. F. A Middle English Syntax. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 1960.
Keenan, Edward. "Explaining the Creation of Reflexive Pronouns in English." Studies in the History of the English Language: A Millennial Perspective. Ed. D. Minkova and R. Stockwell. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2002. 325--54.

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