A case of semantic impersonality: the use of so-called singular arbritarios in oral corpora

This paper deals with the analysis of several instances of singular second person as cases of semantics impersonality appearing in colloquial language. Our purpose is to show that the only presence of that singular second person is not enough in order to provoke the referential generalization which characterizes this type of constructions, but various syntax factors and speech operators should be considered if we desire to obtain a universal reading of this structures.