Autocausative verb

Autocausative reflexive signifies that the (usually animated) "referent represented by the subject combines the activity of actor and undergoes a change of state like a patient/subject".[1]

Language Examples
Portuguese Pedro tornou-se ofendido.
Spanish Pedro se tornó ofendido.
Italian Pietro si offese.
Serbo-Croatian Petar se uvrijedio.
Polish Piotr się obraził.
Russian Пётр обиделся.
German Peter wurde beleidigt.
English Peter became offended.

References

  1. Parry, Mair (1998). "The reinterpretation of the reflexive in Piedmontese: 'impersonal' SE constructions". Transactions of the Philological Society. 96 (1): 63–116. ISSN 0079-1636. doi:10.1111/1467-968X.00024.
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