Abstract
The notion of reciprocity is analyzed in linguistics from many different points of view. In this contribution, we focus on an interplay between reciprocity and valency.
In Čzech (as in other languages), three groups of reciprocal verbs can be delimited: inherently reciprocal verbs, derived inherently reciprocal verbs and verbs without reciprocal feature in their lexical meaning that nevertheless allow reciprocity of some of their valency complementations. We show that verbs from the three given groups require different representation in lexicon and grammar and that in their syntactically reciprocalized constructions the clitic reflexive is of different part-of-speech classification.
Moreover, they exhibit different types of ambiguity. Finally, we mention those aspects of reciprocity that cross the boundary between linguistically structured meaning and cognitive content.