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'''There-insertion''' is a operation which inserts [[expletive]] ''there'' in the first, presumably the subject position of an existential sentence. | '''There-insertion''' is a operation which inserts [[expletive]] ''there'' in the first, presumably the subject position of an existential sentence. | ||
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(i)a has been analyzed as being derived from (i)b by inserting ''there'' in the empty slot '__'. | (i)a has been analyzed as being derived from (i)b by inserting ''there'' in the empty slot '__'. | ||
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This construction is now usually analyzed with the expletive base-generated in subject position and the logical subject adjoined or attached to VP. See [[CHAIN]], [[Definiteness effect]]. | This construction is now usually analyzed with the expletive base-generated in subject position and the logical subject adjoined or attached to VP. See [[CHAIN]], [[Definiteness effect]]. | ||
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| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=There-insertion&lemmacode=156 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
| − | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=There-insertion&lemmacode=156 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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* Chomsky, N. 1986a. ''Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use,'' Praeger, New York. | * Chomsky, N. 1986a. ''Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use,'' Praeger, New York. | ||
* Chomsky, N. and H. Lasnik 1993. ''The theory of principles and parameters,'' in: J. Jacobs A. von Stechow, W. Sternefeld, and T. Vennemann (eds.) Syntax: an international handbook of contemporary research, De Gruyter, Berlin. Reprinted in: Chomsky (1995), The minimalist program, ch.1, pp.13-127, MIT Press, Cambridge MA. | * Chomsky, N. and H. Lasnik 1993. ''The theory of principles and parameters,'' in: J. Jacobs A. von Stechow, W. Sternefeld, and T. Vennemann (eds.) Syntax: an international handbook of contemporary research, De Gruyter, Berlin. Reprinted in: Chomsky (1995), The minimalist program, ch.1, pp.13-127, MIT Press, Cambridge MA. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 17 August 2014
Definition
There-insertion is a operation which inserts expletive there in the first, presumably the subject position of an existential sentence.
Example
(i)a has been analyzed as being derived from (i)b by inserting there in the empty slot '__'.
(i) a there is someone in the room
b __ is someone in the room
This construction is now usually analyzed with the expletive base-generated in subject position and the logical subject adjoined or attached to VP. See CHAIN, Definiteness effect.
Links
References
- Chomsky, N. 1986a. Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use, Praeger, New York.
- Chomsky, N. and H. Lasnik 1993. The theory of principles and parameters, in: J. Jacobs A. von Stechow, W. Sternefeld, and T. Vennemann (eds.) Syntax: an international handbook of contemporary research, De Gruyter, Berlin. Reprinted in: Chomsky (1995), The minimalist program, ch.1, pp.13-127, MIT Press, Cambridge MA.
- Milsark, G.L. 1974. Existential sentences in English, diss. MIT.
- Safir, K. 1985. Syntactic Chains, Cambridge University Press.
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