ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the differences result from the interaction between the feature composition of the reflexive morphemes, their status with regard to X' theory, and general principles of Universal Grammar as formulated in Chomsky. It is concerned with the reflexive morphemes se and lui-meme in French, and sig and sig selv in Danish. It is well known that certain properties of reflexives, such as binding domain and choice of antecedent, vary both between and within languages. The chapter investigates why sig selv cannot be used logophorically, whereas lui-meme in French, himself in English, and ham selv in Danish can. In contemporary French, the distribution of the nonclitic featureless reflexive soi is limited, in that it can be used only with an indefinite impersonal antecedent. Danish allows only ham/hende selv 'him/herself' to be used logophorically, as discussed in Vikner.
