There in Discourse-Based Context
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This paper attempts to account for the intrinsic properties of the there-subject, focusing on the discourse functions of the there-subject. In discourse, the there-subject constructions are used as natural answers to each question, while the corresponding NP-subject constructions are unlikely, or marginal expressions. In addition, definiteness NPs can substitute for indefinite NPs as notional subjects in there- constructions with respect to the concept of information. Based on this, I suggest that the subject there should not be a semantically vacuous element and that the subject there implies a piece of information, a speaker's recognized information. This provides evidence to assume that the there-subject may be a linguistic item which fulfills a pragmatic function in that it presupposes the propositional content of presupposed units in discourse. It is also asserted that the there-subject is a presupposition- triggering information marker. This property implies that it would be a pronoun that represents a presupposedly-sentential unit, a presupposition. Consequently, it is maintained that it is an introductory sentential pronoun.
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