Is the pronoun in the sentence below reflexive, intensive, both, or neither? johnny bought himself a new basketball.

reflexive

The pronoun himself is reflexive because it refers back to the antecedent, Johnny. It does not emphasize Johnny. It simply explains who Johnny bought the basketball for. A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of the sentence.

An intensive pronoun draws attention to or emphasizes a particular noun or pronoun. It usually is located directly after the noun or pronoun it emphasizes. The intensive pronoun can also be removed without creating an incomplete sentence or changing any of the known information. If we removed himself from the original sentence we would not know who Johnny bought the basketball for. This is another clue that himself is not an intensive pronoun in the sentence.

The correct answer is reflexive.

Reflexive pronouns are used when the object of the sentence is the same person as the subject. Here, the subject is Johnny and given that he bought something for himself, he is also the object. Although the pronoun himself can sometimes be intensive, this is not the case where it is. Intensive pronoun would be if the sentence said: Johnny himself bought a new basketball. 

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I believe that the answer is Reflexive.

The correct answer is reflexive.
Reflexive pronouns are used when the object of the sentence is the same person as the subject. Here, the subject is Johnny and given that he bought something for himself, he is also the object. Although the pronoun himself can sometimes be intensive, this is not the case where it is. Intensive pronoun would be if the sentence said: Johnny himself bought a new basketball. 

The pronoun that is used in the given sentence above is the word "himself" which refers to its antecedent "Johnny". "Himself" is an example of a reflexive pronoun. Reflexive pronouns are used when the object of the sentence is the same as the subject. The object is the pronoun "himself" which refers to the subject "Johnny".