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In this chapter I argue that the be found in there-sentences is the copula, and not, for instance, the be of existence or identity. On this view, be, as the copula, contributes no additional meaning to the sentence besides bearing tense and setting a default domain when no coda or contextually salient location is available in the context.
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Szekely, R. (2015). The Verb in There-Sentences. In: Truth without Predication. Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137483294_5
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