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On the Interpretation of Existential There

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2861809
AutoresLeiv Egil Breivik (autor correspondente)
Ano1981
Volume57
Fascículo1
Páginas1-25
Data de publicação1981-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.1981.0048
OpenAlexW2081169913
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas13

This paper examines John Lyons' version of the widely postulated theory that existential there derives synchronically from a locative adverbial. It is argued that Lyons' hypothesis (and by implication other synchronic locative-based analyses of existential there) is false. An alternative analysis is offered, in which it is claimed that existential there is an NP, inserted for syntactic and pragmatic reasons. Diachronic and crosslinguistic evidence is cited in support of this view

Epistemology · Existentialism · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Linguistics and language evolution · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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