'I myself went there'. Here ‘myself’ is ?

In the sentence "I myself went there," the word "myself" functions as an emphatic pronoun rather than a reflexive pronoun. Emphatic pronouns are used to emphasize a noun or pronoun, in this case “I.” When we say "I myself went there," we are stressing that it was indeed the speaker (and not someone else) who went, thereby adding emphasis to the subject.

Reflexive pronouns, on the other hand, are used when the subject and the object of the verb are the same, such as in "I gave myself a gift." Here, "myself" refers back to the subject "I."

In this context, "myself" does not point back to anything already mentioned as an object of the verb; instead, it highlights the subject directly. Therefore, while "myself" can be reflexive in other contexts, in "I myself went there," it specifically serves to emphasize the speaker's action, aligning it more closely with the characteristics of an emphatic pronoun. Hence, the correct classification of "myself" in this instance is as an emphatic pronoun, making the initial premise of the question misleading.