{"id":1417,"date":"2013-09-30T11:32:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1417"},"modified":"2013-09-30T11:32:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:32:48","slug":"reflexives-and-the-tonic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1417","title":{"rendered":"Reflexives and the tonic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reflexive pronouns, words like <em>myself yourself herself<\/em>, tend not to contain the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1037\">tonic<\/a> of the intonation pattern. Here are some examples (tonic underlined):<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td>I can&#8217;t <u>help<\/u> myself.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1417-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl1.mp3\">http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Alternative sound<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>I hope he hasn&#8217;t <u>hurt<\/u> himself.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1417-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl2.mp3\">http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Alternative sound<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>However, the same words can be used as emphatic pronouns, in which case they nearly always do contain the nucleus:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td>Do it your<u>self<\/u>.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1417-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl3.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl3.mp3\">http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl3.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Alternative sound<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>They&#8217;ll have to decide for them<u>selves<\/u>.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1417-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl4.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl4.mp3\">http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl4.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/refl4.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Alternative sound<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Notice that it is the &#8211;<em>self <\/em>or &#8211;<em>selves <\/em>part that is the tonic syllable in these cases.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>2013_09_30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflexive pronouns, words like myself yourself herself, tend not to contain the tonic of the intonation pattern. Here are some examples (tonic underlined): I can&#8217;t help myself. Alternative sound I hope he hasn&#8217;t hurt himself. Alternative sound However, the same words can be used as emphatic pronouns, in which case they nearly always do contain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1049,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1417"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1417\/revisions\/1429"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}