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(preverbal subjects, dislocated positions, complement positions). 33 I give examples to show that
in Romance the mateix/mismo/stesso/mesmo element does not turn the preceding pronoun into
any kind of anaphor, but simply into an emphatic or logophoric pronominal. From now on we
will use the term SELF (in capitals) for these elements. In some of the examples I provide some
possible context in the translations only to suggest what SELF adds to the meaning:
Catalan
(48) a. Ell mateix no ho farà
wife)
He SELF not it will-do
'He himself will not do it' (-> His lawyer will)
b. A ell mateix, no l'he vist
To him SELF not him-have-I seen
'Him (himself) I haven't seen' (->I saw his lawyer)
c. No he parlat amb ell mateix
Not have-I spoken with him SELF
'I haven't spoken to him himself' (->but actually to his
33 Italian seems to allow lui stesso in non-final position
(thanks to L. Rizzi for this remark), i.e., in a position where
inverted subjects are not possible:
(i) Gianni ha lui stesso fatto questo
G. has he SELF done this
This seems to suggest that the emphatic I-subject lui
stesso, beyond occupying the subject basic position, can raise
to some intermediate FC Specifier. We can still assume, however,
that, whenever it appears in final position, it does occupy the
same position as inverted subjects since they cannot cooccur:
(ii) * Lo ha fatto Gianni lui stesso
It-has done G. he SELF
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