Self-based Anaphora in Early Modern English

This book is a corpus-based study which aims to describe the class of self -pronouns as used in the Early Modern English period. Self -pronouns are presented as a multi-functional class, with two main functions, as emphatic forms and as reflexive markers. The emphatic function is seen as a continuation of an earlier state of affairs, whereas the reflexive function is described as a new, emerging one. As reflexive markers, self -pronouns in Early Modern English compete with personal pronouns. The