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Vol. 12:3 (2015) ► pp.373–395

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Alcance referencial y variabilidad de las construcciones impersonales con referencia humana en español peninsular hablado

Se y la tercera persona del plural

Published online: 28 January 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sic.12.3.03pos
La presente investigación compara el uso de dos construcciones impersonales con referencia humana (CIRH) –construcciones con se y la tercera persona del plural– en dos corpus orales de español peninsular, uno de conversaciones familiares y otro de medios de comunicación. El objetivo es averiguar hasta qué punto el uso de estas dos construcciones está diferenciado, si hay contextos donde su significado se solapa y qué factores afectan la opción del hablante por una u otra construcción. También se evalúa la funcionalidad de dos propuestas recientes de clasificación de las CIRH para el análisis de corpus orales. En ambos corpus, la tercera persona del plural es la forma predominante, sobre todo con la lectura corporativa. En cambio, esta lectura no se da en las construcciones con se de los corpus. Además del alcance referencial, la opción por una u otra construcción está vinculada al nivel de contextualidad e intersubjetividad del discurso y a la perspectiva del hablante de cara al evento conceptualizado.
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