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- ↑ Gaby, Alice (2023-06-13), Bowern, Claire (ed.), "Reflexives and reciprocals", The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages (1 ed.), Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 360–377, doi:10.1093/oso/9780198824978.003.0031, ISBN 978-0-19-882497-8 , retrieved 2023-12-05
- ↑ Parry, Mair (1998). "The reinterpretation of the reflexive in Piedmontese: 'impersonal' SE constructions". Transactions of the Philological Society. 96 (1): 63–116. doi:10.1111/1467-968X.00024. ISSN 0079-1636.
- ↑ Fábregas, Antonio. "SE in Spanish: Properties, structures and analyses". Borealis. 10 (2). doi: 10.7557/1.10.2.5934 . hdl: 10037/23421 .
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