La interpretación referencial del iniciador en las construcciones desfocalizadoras con se: análisis del discurso de la prensa digital.

Starting from a functional-cognitive approach to syntax, I propose investigating the discursive configuration of the initiator--agent or experiencer--and its possible references in passive and impersonal constructions formed with Spanish third-person reflexive se. These constructions entail the syntactic-semantic demotion and pragmatic defocusing of this participant; however, it is usual for contextual elements to build mental spaces to condition discourse viewpoint and thus guide the interpretation of the referent. I propose two basic referential dimensions, specificity and accessibility, whose combination gives rise to four categories: specific and accessible, non-specific, and accessible, specific, and inaccessible, and non-specific and inaccessible references--the analysis, based on a corpus of digital news items and comments to them submitted by readers. Qualitative observation reveals the primary resources used for configuring each referential category in the texts and their respective pragmatic repercussions. In turn, the quantitative analysis makes it possible to verify that, while accessible initiators--either specific or non-specific--are dominant in the informative discourse of news items, the great majority of referents in comments are non-specific--either accessible or inaccessible--in line with the generalization of readers' personal experiences and opinions. I conclude that referential intentions constitute communicative style elements and are subject to sociosituational variation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]