<p>I argue in this work that Reinhart &amp; Reuland&rsquo;s (1993) conditions A and B hold for Spanish. I provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that this language makes use of both <strong>SE </strong>and <strong>SELF</strong>-anaphors. Inherent reflexive verbs undergo an internal argument reduction operation in the lexicon. However, the syntax always requires two arguments. Therefore certain clitics, which are SE-anaphors, are inserted in these derivations. This is a last-resort mechanism that makes an adjustment between the valence of the lexical entry of the verb and the requirements of the syntax in order for the derivation to converge at the C-I interface. These clitics are syntactic arguments. Nevertheless, they are not interpreted as semantic arguments since they violate the <em>double chain condition, </em>which forces nominal elements to share both a tense and thematic features with the verb and the tense heads. Non- inherent reflexive verbs require the presence of a SELF-anaphor, which is formed out of a SE-anaphor along with a protector SELF element. Therefore, both syntactic elements are interpreted as two distinguishable semantic elements at C-I despite the fact that there is binding between them both. The interpretation of both syntactic elements as just one semantic element is a pragmatic epiphenomenon.</p>

In this study, we analyse the nature of clitic "se" and low applicatives in Spanish L2 through the study of the non-native acquisition of this clitic by L1 English adult learners. In particular, we are going to discuss the question of how English adults acquire this clitic in the different syntactic configurations where it appears (anticausative inchoative verbs, inherent reflexive verbs, transitive verbs implying an inalienable possession relation, consumption verbs and non-anticausative inchoative verbs). Our main research hypothesis is that the acquisition of clitic "se" with some types of applicatives takes place in the later stages of the learning process, since it requires exposure to certain linguistic evidence to acquire a certain type of argument structure proper to applicatives. This study is going to be based on how our subjects perform using Grammaticality Judgment Tests (GJTs).

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RESUMENEste artículo se pone como objetivo la explicación del se aspectual del español que aparece con verbos de consumo como leer(se) en "Juan se leyó un libro" vs. "Juan leyó un libro". Algunos análisis anteriores se han basado en la idea de que la contribución de se a la semántica del predicado es de carácter aspectual. Nosotros argüimos que la contribución de se en estas configuraciones sintácticas es temática y no aspectual: se es un pronombre completamente funcional que es interpretado como participante del evento denotado por el verbo gracias a que está marcado con Caso dativo y con un papel temá-tico de 'experimentante'. La presencia de este argumento experimentante legitima la expansión del predicado añadiendo un evento causado (un estado resultante) cuyo argumento lo satura el clítico se.Palabras clave: clítico, se, interficie léxico-sintaxis, papel temático, aspecto [Recibido, noviembre 2011; aprobado, diciembre 2011] The relationship between event structure and thematic roles: on the pronoun "se" in Spanish ABSTRACTThis article aims at explaining the pronoun "se" in Spanish that comes up in consumption verbs such as "leer(se)" in "Juan se leyó un libro" v. "Juan leyó un libro". Some previous analyzes have been based on the idea that the contribution of "se" to the semantics of the predicate has got an aspectual character. We argue that the contribution of these syntactic configurations is thematic and not aspectual: "se" is a fully functional pronoun that is interpreted as a participant of the event denoted by the verb because it is marked with dative case and thematic role of tico 'experimentante'. The presence of this experiencer argument legitimizes the predicate's expansion caused by adding an event (a resulting state) argument which pervades the clitic "se".

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