R. Szekely, "Truth without Predication: The Role of Placing in the Existential There-Sentence"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1137483288 | PDF | pages: 178 | 0.7 mb
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1137483288 | PDF | pages: 178 | 0.7 mb
This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject–predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's unusual grammatical and discourse properties.