Je dood vervelen of je te pletter amuseren? Het intensiverende gebruik van de pseudoreflexieve resultatiefconstructie in hedendaags Belgisch en Nederlands Nederlands

This paper focuses on the intensifying use of the fake reflexive resultative construction, as demonstrated in the example Hij lacht zich een breuk om die mop (lit. ‘He laughs himself a fracture because of that joke’). Although the literal use of the (English) fake reflexive resultative construction has been the subject of several studies, scant attention has been paid to the potential of this construction for conveying an intensifying meaning, though these intensifying uses show an intriguing mix of productivity and lexical idiosyncrasy that deserves careful analysis. This case study will zoom... Mehr ...