Focus pronouns in Old Latin reflexive constructions

This paper deals with a Latin reflexivization strategy distinct from other reflexive constructions. It consists of first and second person pronouns which are used to emphasize the first and second person referents in Old Latin comedy by certain emphasizing elements like -met in egomet or -te in tute. The form and function of these emphasizing personal pronouns has not been observed and described yet. Moreover, the grammatical, semantic and pragmatic status of this reflexivization strategy has hitherto been unknown. The elements -met and -te are likely to be derived from suffixes which have an identifying and emphasizing function similar to German selbst 'self'. Reflexivization here obviously is connected to focalization, a typologically well-known relationship.