REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
In general linguistics, a reflexive pronoun, sometimes simply called a reflexive, is an anaphoric pronoun that must be coreferential with another nominal (its antecedent) within the same clause.
In the English language specifically, a reflexive pronoun will end in -self or -selves, and refer to a previously named noun or pronoun (myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves, etc.). English intensive pronouns, used for emphasis, take the same form
In Indo-European languages, has its origins in Proto-Indo-European. In some languages, some distinction exists between normal object and reflexive pronouns, mainly in the third person: whether one says “I like me” or “I like myself”, there is no question that the object is the same person as the subject; but, in “They like them(selves)”, there can be uncertainty about the identity of the object unless a distinction exists between the reflexive and the nonreflexive. In some languages, this distinction includes genitive forms: see, for instance, the Danish examples below. In languages with a distinct reflexive pronoun form, it is often gender-neutral.
A reflexive pronoun is normally used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject. Each personal pronoun (such as I, you, he and she) has its own reflexive form:
| I | myself |  |
| you | yourself/yourselves |  |
| he | himself |  |
| she | herself |  |
| one | oneself | |
| it | itself | |
| we | ourselves |  |
| they | themselves |  |
These pronouns can also be used intensively, to emphasize the identity of whoever or whatever is being talked about:
Intensive pronouns usually appear near and/or before the subject of the sentence.
Usually after prepositions of locality it is preferred to use a personal object pronoun rather than a reflexive pronoun:
