We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Ahí se apuesta la vida. The emergence of impersonal interpretations in Spanish.
- Authors
Maldonado, Ricardo
- Abstract
This paper explores the range of uses associated with se constructions in Mexican Spanish. The validity of treating most se constructions as passives is under scrutiny. In contrast, a model to analyze the emergence of an important variety of impersonal interpretations is proposed. Arbitrary and quasi‐universal construals conform the base for finer interpretations for se constructions. In agreement with a usage‐based model, passive, impersonal and middle constructions are evaluated against four different genres which presumably determine the choice of se constructions for specific communicative necessities. While impersonal se constructions characterize journalistic writing and formal oral usage, middle se constructions are dominant in oral informal genres. Further specialization for impersonal se constructions, such as rules, norms, performative and arbitrary constructions are identified as a result of particular contexts determinacies.
- Subjects
GRAMMAR
- Publication
Studia Linguistica, 2024, Vol 78, Issue 1, p64
- ISSN
0039-3193
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/stul.12224