Autor: Germany) Gast Volker (University of Jena

English self-forms and related words from other Germanic languages (e.g. Dutch zelf, Swedish sjalv, etc.) are used in two different functions: as ‚intensifiers‘ (e.g. The president himself made the d …

English self-forms and related words from other Germanic languages (e.g. Dutch zelf, Swedish sjalv, etc.) are used in two different functions: as ‚intensifiers‘ (e.g. The president himself made the d …